FMS students crushed our school-wide goal by reading a collective 234,000 minutes this year! This is a record for our school! We are so proud of you all and want to thank families for helping track minutes at home and encouraging your students to read. All this reading helps students form great reading habits, which is important for many reasons.
We celebrated with a school-wide popsicle party! The PTO made it extra special for the following winning classes in each grade and gifted them some awesome reading flashlights and small goodies:
• 3rd Grade - Mrs. Guerino
• 4th Grade - Mrs. McCarthy
• 5th Grade - Ms. Walsh
Keep Reading - The Benefits of Reading 20 Minutes a Day
There are so many reasons to read every single day. From building focus in a world where attention spans are becoming shorter to nurturing imagination and creativity, reading is a fundamental skill with lasting benefits.
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Improved Vocabulary
Students who read just 20 minutes a day outside of school encounter an average of 1.8 million words each year.
💓Building Empathy
Through reading, students meet characters from different backgrounds and circumstances. Researchers have found that students who read literary fiction were better able to empathize with people’s thoughts and emotions.
🧠Sharpening Reading Comprehension
Becoming a better reader takes practice! Reading a variety of texts and genres sharpens comprehension skills, especially when students annotate as they read.
The Read-a-Thon helped us all build strong reading habits, and we hope those habits continue over break!
Keep reading, FMS!
-Mrs. Biggs
