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Summer. A beautiful time to enjoy all that Bakersfield has to offer. Comfortable nights. Swimming weather that can’t be beat. The joy of a cool drink. A good book. Ahhh, if only all my eighth-grade kids came into class after a long summer having read loads of books.
I look at the little athletes in my classes, taut and ready to juggle or hook shot that wad of paper into the garbage can across the room. It’s obvious they spend so much time practicing their sport of choice. If only they used the same discipline to practice reading!
Reading is like any other skill. Practice makes not perfect but better. The single best way to improve reading skills is, well, reading. The single best way to improve a person’s vocabulary is by reading. Just as the best way to improve basketball skills is playing ball. The problem is, many kids don’t have passion for reading.
The heartbreaking fact is that limited literacy skills cause 3,000...
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