Reading . . . Reading . . . Reading

As Reading Month (March) comes to an end, the students and staff at Inland Lakes Elementary will be celebrating all the hard work and successful reading we have done during the past 4 weeks.  Each week, students recorded all the hours/pages/books they read, and worked as classes to accumulate as many as possible.  At the end of each week, participating students earned rewards for the amount of reading they were able to accomplish.  On April 1, we will be coming together as a school to honor those students and classes who read the most during the past month. Although the recognition and rewards are about to end, the reading must continue.  Below are just a few statistics which highlight the importance of making reading a priority for families.  The staff at Inland Lakes is dedicated to helping all families make reading a daily occurrence at home.  Our teachers have many books available for students to take home, as well as the vast selection in our schools’ libraries.  All children at Inland Lakes Elementary have the opportunity to take books home to read, lets help them take advantage of these opportunities.   *Students who reported having all four types of reading materials (books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias) in their home scored, on average, higher than those who reported having fewer reading materials. *Good readers in 5th grade may read 10 times as many words as poor readers during a school year. *Out-of-school reading habits of students have shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year. *56 percent of young people say they read more than 10 books a year, with middle school students reading the most. Some 70 percent of middle school students read more than 10 books a year, compared with only 49 percent of high school students.   Finally, another way to positively influence children to read is to motivate them by example.  Be willing to read with your children and read in front of your children.  Be it magazines, newspapers, or books the more children see us read the more they will want to follow our actions.  So-  Lets all be readers at home!

 

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