READING

Class Introduction:

We are using the National Geographic Cengage Reading Program. We will be using various techniques and strategies to learn the 3rd grade Reading and ELA standards: https://education.alaska.gov/akstandards/ela/resources/elabygrade/ELAStandards_gr3.pdf

All 3rd graders should strive to read at least 20 minutes a night in a book that is on there level (not too easy, not too hard). A child that reads 20 minutes a night is exposed 1.8 million words per year and scores in the 90th percentile, a child that reads for 5 minutes a night is exposed to 282,000 words per year and scores in the 50th percentile, and a child that reads for 1 minute a night is exposed to 8,000 words per year and scores in the 10th percentile.