Timed Reading: Idea #225

A fun way to motivate your student to learn to read more words quickly is to time their reading. Simply select a passage that is on their level and is a little lengthy. Tell them to read as much of it as they can in one minute. Then have them read that particular passage every day for one minute for an entire week. See how many more words they are able to read each day. You can even graph it to show the progression.

The following week choose a different passage that is a little more difficult. Have them read it to you for a minute each day. Then continue finding passages a little more difficult each week for your student to read to you.

This simple concept can help your student not only feel more confident in their reading skills, but also help them grow into a more fluent reader.