Standardized test and reading

This is a video that may interest you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOkQQwEhgo
Great news! We finally have something within our control to increase our children's standardized scores. We have learned that if you read to your child while they are in the womb, every day until they are six they would have read 2000 books.
Research has shown that if you read with your child for fourteen hours per week (8 hours for school related topics and 6 hours for pleasure readings) your child will be in a good position for standardized test. If your child is reading they should be reading to you or silently for 30 minutes to one hour per day. Remember they should be reading school related materials and for pleasure.
Think you don't have time? What about while the are riding in the car, at the dentist or doctor's office?

The book The real reason why African Americans score low on standardized test, puts the ball back in parents court. This is empowering. All we have to do is read! Let's take our children or other kids to the library. You should be checking out 14 books per week and reading them. Books on CD or tape are good options too. You nor I have enough books in our house. Visit your local libraries today!

There is a recommended reading list for K- 12 http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/. Help our kids get ready for life.

A great example is a book I recently read with my kids called I'm not a baby! - Jill McElmurry
In the book were these words. I've added their meaning and part of speech for you. It is a great example of what reading can do for you and your children.

1. Impetuous (adjective) – being impulsive, acting without really thinking, done without thought or emotion.
2. Splendorous (adjective)– brilliant or extraordinary, genius
3. Abdicate (verb) – to abandon position
4. Persnickety (adjective) – overly concerned with detail, things that are trivial. Snobbish in terms of choice. Accepting only the finest things.
5. Weisenheimer (noun)- flippant person, sarcastic remarks