Research shows that by the end of 6th grade a student that reads 20 minutes each day will have read 3600 minutes in a school year which equals 1,800,000 words read (90th%). By the end of 6th grade a student that reads 5 minutes a day will have read 900 minutes in a school year, equally 282,000 words read (50th%). At the end of 6th grade a student who reads 1 minute each day will have read 180 minutes in a school year, equally 8,000 words read in a school year (10th%).
By the end of 6th grade, the student who read for 20 minutes a day will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. The student who read 5 minutes a day will have read only 12 school days. Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary? Which student would you expect to be more successful in school... and in life?