Reading Program Helps Sixth Grade Students

At Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter For Science and Technology, the sixth grade students have a reading program called SSR ( Silent Sustained Reading) that gives them better reading skills. They use this program every week. You have to read for 20 minutes. Then, you have to respond on what you read. After that, your parents have to sign it. Some students like this program but others don't. Sixth grade student, Emmanuel Mitchell said " I like SSR because I like to read." Another sixth grade student, Lawrence Breaux had this to say " I don't like SSR because it is boring." Sixth grade teacher Mrs. Doris Smith said this " absolutely think so. It's research. Researchers have researched that students who read 20 minutes give them better reading skills and this program could open up a whole new world." I do think this program would help students and not only sixth grade but other grades also. This is a fine and educated program. I think all principals around the world should enforce this program in their schools.