DID YOU KNOW?
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"Students who read more learn the meaning of thousands of new words each year."
21.1 minutes of daily reading can expose students to 1,823,000 words a year.
14.2 minutes of daily reading can expose students to 1,146,000 words a year.
6.5 minutes of daily reading can expose students to 423,000 words a year.
1.3 minutes of daily reading can expose students to 106,000 words a year.
0.1 minutes of daily reading can expose students to 8,000 words a year.
READING INCREASES ACHIEVEMENT!
"Students' reading achievement correlates with success in school and life."
65 minutes of daily reading can place a student in the 98th percentile.
21.1 minutes of daily reading can place a student in the 90th percentile.
14.2 minutes of daily reading can place a student in the 80th percentile.
6.5 minutes of daily reading can place a student in the 60th percentile.
1.3 minutes of daily reading can place a student in the 10th percentile.
**Anderson, R.C., Wilson, P.T., & Fielding, L.G. (1988). Growth in Reading and How Children Spend their Time Outside of School. Reading Research Quarterly, 23, 285-303.