Book Bags
Book bags are sent home Monday-Thursday. At first children will take home books that they want to share with you. Feel free to read it to your child. The month of September will be focused on routines. In October, children will be bringing a book home that they have previously read. Please take the time to read with your child. If the book is short have your child read it a few times. This will help your child increase their fluency as well as build confidence. Feel free to read books from home but please also take the time to read these familiar texts first. Getting into a reading routine at home will be a tremendous help. Ask your child if they'd like to read before dinner, after dinner, before bedtime or at breakfast. They can also get into the routine of stuffing their book bag in the morning so that they are prepared for school.
Why can't I skip my twenty minutes of reading tonight?
"Why Can't I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?" Let's figure it out -- mathematically!
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a week = 100 min./week.
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes.Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year.
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same
reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school
days Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened
considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think
Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?
Some questions to ponder:
- Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.
- Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a week = 100 min./week.
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes.Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year.
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same
reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school
days Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened
considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think
Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?
Some questions to ponder:
- Which student would you expect to read better?
- Which student would you expect to know more?
- Which student would you expect to write better?
- Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
- Which student would you expect to be more successful in school....and in life?
