Are you looking for a good book to read? Is your child looking for a way to stay busy over Spring Break? Join us for Family Book Club Night on Wednesday, April 29th @ 6:30 p.m. Simply go to the Center Cass 66 District website, click on "Prairieview", and read more about this great school event! You can then print a registration form and send it in. Please note that registration has been extended.
If you have any questions, contact Lynda Slinger lslinger@ccsd66.org or Jennifer Cerney jcerney@ccsd66.org. Hope to see you there!
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I am reading a new book I received from the International Reading Association. Teaching Individual Words: One Size Does Not Fit All by Michael F. Graves discusses, among many other things, how important certain words are to learn. He gives these interesting statistics: English has over 180,000 words. The average high school senior has a vocabulary of about 50,000 words. The average 8th grader has a vocabulary of about 35,000 words. The 100 most frequent words account for about 50% of typical texts. The 1000 most frequent words account for about 70% of typical texts. The 5000 most frequent words account for about 80% of typical texts. Knowing this helps educators know which words to target for instruction.
