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Each 2nd Grade Student is asked to read each night to build fluency, increase vocabulary, comprehension, and reading stamina.

If they start reading for 20 minutes per night in Kindergarten, by the end of 6th grade, Student A will have read for the equivalent of 60 school days, Student B will have read for 12 school days, and Student C will have read for 3.

9 reasons to read more: builds knowledge, improves achievement, increases motivation, increases vocabulary, improves writing, builds background knowledge, improves understanding of text structures, develops empathy, develops personal identity. From Disruptive Thinking by Beers and Probst p.134

Just Right Books

The five finger rule is a quick and easy way for your child to check if a book is suitable to read on their own. Before they start, ask them to turn to a random page in the book and read it. For every word that they don’t know, they should hold up a finger. Your child can use the following guidelines according to how many fingers they hold up: 0 or 1 – Most probably too easy for your child. 2 – A good choice that will give your child a reasonable challenge and allow them to learn new words. 3 – Your child might need some help, but still a good choice if they’re up for a challenge. 4 – May be too difficult for your child to read on their own. If you are on hand to give them help or read along with them it can be suitable, but if they are reading on their own, choose a different book. 5 – Most probably a bit too advanced, try a different book.

Make sure your child is picking out "Just Right Books" to help him/her grow as a reader.

Kids need to read books that they can both decode (read the words) and comprehend (understand the meaning). Teachers call this a “just right” book, or a book that is at the child’s instructional level.

A just right book at a child’s instructional level is a book that stretches the child just a bit — not so much as to make him frustrated but enough to continue his growth as a reader. This child would make an error on about one word out of twenty.

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