kci reads! calling all parents... we need your support. s. danic k.c.i
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In a study involving a sustained silent reading program, the “students gained an average of 3.9 year levels on their reading achievement test scores during the one year program.” (Cullinan, 2000)
“Readers are better writers.” (MacDonell, 2004)
“Readers are better at mathematics and science.”(OECD PISA Study, School Libraries and Student Achievement in Ontario, 2007)
Reading skills are also valued by employers.
90 percent of employers rated “reading comprehension” as “very important” for workers.
(nytimes.com/2008/07/27)
Show me the money!
Statistics show that those who score higher on reading tests tend to earn higher incomes.
(nytimes.com/2008/07/27)
• View pleasure reading as a value in itself. Almost anything your teens read--including the Sunday comics--helps build reading skills.
References
Brockenbrough, Martha. What Effect Reading has on the Brain. Parent Resources. Encarta.Retrieved on Oct. 14 2008. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elementary/?article=whateffectreadinghasonourminds/encnet/features/columns/?page=marthahome/encnet/features/columns/?page=marthahome
Cullinan, Bernice E. (2000). Independent reading and school achievement. School Library Media Research, 3, Retrieved Oct. 15, 2007http://www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/vol3/independent/independent.html
Cunningham, Anne (2008). What Reading does for the Mind. American Educator. Spring 1998. Retrieved on Oct. 14
2008 http://www.childrenofthecode.org/interviews/cunningham.htm MacDonell, Colleen. (2004). Making the case for pleasure reading. Teacher Librarian, 31(4): 30-33. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2007http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&an=13050673
Haycock, Ken. (2005). Reading for pleasure. Teacher Librarian, 32(3): 34.Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&an=16251580
Krashen, Stephen. (2002). What do we know about libraries and reading achievement? Book Report, 20(4): 38.Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&an=6747614
McKenzie, Jamie. (2005). Power reading and the school library. From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007 from http://www.fno.org/sum05/powerread.html
All image references are listed on the page they appear. Retrieved Oct. 27 2007.