Why Can't I Skip My Reading Tonight?

Have you ever wondered why schools ask students to read for 20 minutes every night?

Consider 3 Students:

Student “A” reads 20 minutes each day.3600 minutes in a school year
1,800,000 words
90th percentile

Student “B” reads 5 minutes each day.
900 minutes in a school year
282,000 words
50th percentile

Student “C” reads 1 minute each day.
180 minutes in a school year
8,000 words
10th percentile

By the end of 6th grade, Student “A” will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days.  Student “B” will have read only 12 school days.  Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?  Which student would you expect to be more successful in school? Which student would you expect to be more successful in life?

 (Nagy & Herman, 1987)

Read!

100 Sight Words for Beginning Readers

A	Go	Here	Dad
I	Like	Back	Red
The	Was	An	Two
And	Not	Dog	Or
It	Do	Mom	How
On	This	From	Am
To	What	Her	Saw
In	No	Did	Over
You	Then	Very	By
Is	Too	Your	House

We	She	Got
But	Little	Had
Up	Will	Put
Of	See	Cat
Can	Down	Them
For	Some	Just
Said	Get	Away
My	Come	Tree
All	So	Came
Are	Went	Where

At	Be	Has
Me	Day	Good
One	Into	Water
Big	Eat	Home
They	His	Going
Have	Look	Made
With	Now	Time
Out	There	As
That	When	Help
He	Make	Long