The answer to the question: “Why can’t I skip my twenty minutes of reading tonight?”
Child A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.
Child B reads only 4 minutes a night or not at all.
Step 1: Multiply the minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Child A reads 20 minutes x 5 times a week. That equals 100 minutes a week.
Child B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week. That equals 20 minutes a week.
Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Child A reads 400 minutes a month.
Child B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months in a school year.
Child A reads 3,200 minutes in a school year.
Child B reads 720 minutes in a school year.
Some questions to ponder…
Which student would you expect to read better?
Which student would you expect to now 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?
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