Home Reading “Cookie Book” Program 

Our home reading program requires each student to read four books per month.  The books checked out to your child should be relatively easy to read.  Upon completion of the four books, your child will receive a certificate for a free cookie, compliments of our Partners in Education sponsor, Russell’s.

The best way to use these books is for an adult to listen to the child read orally for about fifteen minutes each day.  It is better to read for a short time each day than try to catch up by reading for a long time at the end of the week.  The purposes of this activity are to improve oral reading expression and to reinforce vocabulary.  It is also a great way to begin good reading habits at an early age and to instill a love for literature.

Enclosed in your child’s book will be a form to be signed by you, verifying that the book has been read.  Children are encouraged to read as many books as they like.  However, they may receive only one certificate per month.

Happy reading!

Why Can’t I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?

Let’s figure it out-mathematically?

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.

Student B reads only 4 minutes a night or not at all.

Step 1:  Multiply minutes per night times 5 times each week.

Student A reads 20 minutes 5 times a week = 100 minutes per week

Student B reads 4 minutes times 5 times a week=20 minutes per week.

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week times 4 weeks each month.

Student A reads 400 minutes in a month.

Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3:  Multiply minutes a month times 9 months per school year.

Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.

Student B reads 720 minutes in a school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of 10 whole school days a year.

Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading practice.

By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days.

Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.

Which student would you expect to read better?

Which student would you expect to know 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…and in life?