Finding Time to Read

•Average reader can read 300 wpm so…

•15 minutes a day=4500 words

•7 days a week=

31, 500 words

•52 weeks a year= 1,512,000 words a year

•Average book=75,000 words so…

•We can read an average of 20 books a year in 15 minutes a day

•That is over 1000 books in our lifetime just with 15 minutes

Finding time to read, part 2

What effect does reading have on vocabulary?

0 words= 0% growth

100,000 words=  50% growth

400,000 words=  60% growth

1,000,000 words=  80% growth

2,000,000 words=  90% growth