Want to Come Help Out?
Mrs. Wallace would love to have you!
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Here is a partial list of ways you can come help.
- Book Talk with the class
- Sharing your favorite book/ Reading aloud
- Sitting in on literature circles
- Listening to students read
- Sharing your expertise/Arranging for special speakers
- Helping out with field trips
Homework
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Click here for some study pointers or here for homework help.
Your student will have homework every night. That homework is simply to read.
Having a hard time convincing your student to read consistently? Share the information below. Interested in more reading tips? Click here!
Your student will have homework every night. That homework is simply to read.
Having a hard time convincing your student to read consistently? Share the information below. Interested in more reading tips? Click here!
The Answer to the Question: "Why Can't I Skip My Reading Tonight?"
Let's figure it out -- mathematically!
Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week; Student B reads only 4 nights... or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 minutes each week
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes each week
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.
Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.
Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B get 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, while 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?
Source:
http://www.mother.com/-callaway/tarika/20minutes.html
Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week; Student B reads only 4 nights... or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week = 100 minutes each week
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes each week
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.
Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.
Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B get 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, while 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?
Source:
http://www.mother.com/-callaway/tarika/20minutes.html