Children who engage in as little as 21 minutes of independent reading per day are exposed to nearly 2 million words per year (Cunningham & Stanovich, 1998). Wow. WOW! Amazing. Spectacular. Fantastic. Something else. Yowza! Right on. Incredible. Outrageous. And yes! Keep reading. Best, Ms. Nancy
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