Everyone in my family loves to read - my youngest used to be not too much of a reader and only used to read the required 20 minutes per night, but now the reading bug has got her as well as she reads her High School Musical adventures. Our elementary school has this reading program where kids 1st through 5th grade are supposed to read 20 minutes every night and then write a little paragraph (they call them BCRs - Brief Constructed Responses) answering a question related to the book they are reading. For example, find three character traits of some character in the book that is similar to someone you know. Or, find three words that you were unfamiliar with, write their meanings, and use them in a sentence. I really like this program because it helps with reading comprehension. The kids have to keep the question of the week in mind as they go through their book. My older daughter reads more than an hour everyday and only used to write 20 minutes on her sheet because she thought if she pu...
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