Each page is one passage. A child reads it aloud for one minute while a partner or grown-up follows along, marks mistakes and notes the last word read. The number at the end of each line is the count of words so far, so finding the words read takes a moment: the number at the end of the line, less the words left on it. Take the mistakes away for the words read correctly, write it in the table, and color the chart. Read the same passage again on other days.
Read the passage aloud to the class first, so children hear how it should sound. Then pair children up: one reads, one times and counts, then they switch. Each child rereads the same passage over a week and watches the chart grow. By the end of 5th grade, many children read about 130 to 140 words correctly in a minute.
Read the passage aloud to your child, then have them read it to you. Time one minute on a phone and count the words read. Try again the next day: the goal is to beat their own score, not anyone else's.
Six short nonfiction texts about lion prides, yaks, skunks, spider silk, barn owls and dead trees, written at a 5th grade level. Children read each text aloud for one minute while a partner counts, then read it again and color their progress on a chart.
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