Why Is Reading Important ?

1. Why Is Reading Important? Label the top of your page in your “Thinking Spot” notebook with this question and then answer it with all of the reasons you can think of. Write in complete sentences.

2. Seek out recommendations… Maintain a “To Read” list. 4 Find, create and establish a place and a time to read at home without disturbance 3 2 1

3. Look at your first reading goal. Find, create and establish a place and a time to read at home without disturbance. Why is this a good goal for you? What are you doing or not doing now?

4. Look at your second reading goal. Seek out recommendations…Maintain a “To Read” list. Why is this a good goal for you? What are you doing or not doing now?

5. Look at your third reading goal. Why is this a good goal for you? What are you doing or not doing now?

6. Why Do I Have To Read? • Reading is fun!

7. Why Do I Have To Read? 2. Reading builds your vocabulary and you don’t even have to take a quiz! SCANT There were scantchicken nuggets left after the hungry children saw them. You just learned one new word by reading one sentence I wonder how many new words can you learn if you read 1,000,000 words???

8. Why Do I Have To Read? 6th grade reading – You will read 1,800,000 words this year if you read Just 20 minutes at home each day

10. 3. Reading makes you a better writer – we learn to write by reading Why Do I Have To Read? “My papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.” – Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street My ______ ______ is like a _____, ___________. (My sentence modeled after the author) My dog’s fur is like a blizzard, flying everywhere. Now YOU Try!!

11. Why Do I Have To Read??? 4. Reading makes you smarter! Students who read for fun almost every day outside of school scored higher on reading tests than children who read for fun one or two times a week, who out scored children who read only once or twice a month, who scored higher than children who hardly ever read for fun.(52) What did that just say?? Rewrite this in your own words

12. Why Do I Have To Read? 5. Reading is hard, and sometimes we need to read hard stuff! Tax Forms Car owner’s manual College Application & Scholarship Forms Rule books And Playbooks Job Application

13. Why Do I Have To Read? • You must read to get a job • and keep a job!

14. Why Do I Have To Read? You must read to get a job and keep a job!

15. Why Do I Have To Read??? What job are YOU interested in? What kind of reading will you have to do?

16. Why Do I Have To Read? Draw this chart and find out what education and reading is required to do a job you would like to have some day. Information due _______

17. Why Do I Have To Read? The more you read, The more you know. The more you know, The smarter you’ll grow. The longer you will stay in school and the The more diplomas you will earn. The smarter you are, The more diplomas you’ll have The longer you will live

18. Why Do I Have To Read? The less you read The less you’ll know The less you know The less likely you are to finish school The longer you’ll be unemployed The sooner you drop out of school The sooner you drop out of school The greater the chance of trouble in life.

19. Why Do You Have To Read? Create a bookmark that neatly depicts 5+ reasons reading is important. Use the notes you just took to add specific details. • This bookmark can have: • pictures, • words, • clip art, • magazine clippings • Whatever you want!

20. Works Cited Robb, Laura. Teaching Reading in the Content Area. Scholastic. New York. 2005. Why I Read It’s fun! Example: