Reading is the core of the school day for young students. Walk into a kindergarten, first, second, or third-grade classroom, and you will find children learning to read. Perhaps they are talking about the sounds letters make. Or maybe they’re listening to the teacher read a story, or reading aloud together. Others might be working on a computer reading program, or talking and writing about what they have read.
All of this is because reading and comprehension are the building blocks for all academic learning. Students need strong reading skills in order to learn in all other school subjects, such as science, history, writing, and even math.