Reading develops a higher level of vocabulary. Also, once the student is reading a book they also picture what they are reading in their minds, not only achieve a higher level in vocabulary, but in imagination too. You might wonder why they achieve a greater imagination, it's because once the student pictures what they are reading they can mentally see what might be happening if what they were reading was happening in front of them. Also, context clues. Context clues help the student understand what they are reading. EXAMPLE: 'Beside her bed, was a trunk, untop a crystal ball, glowing from the morning sunlight.' Now, TRUNK it's a homophone, sounds the same but differs meanings. TRUNK, could be: elephant's nose, another one is a storage chest. So, was the crystal ball on a elephant's nose or on a storage chest? A storage chest. Those are my examples of why students SHOULD read. ➜➜little.miss.chatterbox➜➜