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 “Why Can’t I Skip My Thirty Minutes of Reading Tonight?” 
Let’s figure it out — mathematically!

• Student A reads 30 minutes five nights of every week.
• Student B reads only 4 minutes a night…or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 30 min. x 5 times a week = 150 min./week.
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes.

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 600 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year.
Student A reads 5400 min. in a school year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of over ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only two 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 over 60 whole school  days Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened 
considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think  Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

Some questions to ponder:

• 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?