Finding Time to Read
An 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
The 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
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