Do a one-minute reading assessment. Count the total words read minus the errors made = words correct per minute.
Steps:
- Select a 200 word passage from a grade-level text.
- Have your child read the passage aloud for exactly one minute.
- Count the total number of words he/she has read.
- Count the number of errors he/she has made.
- Subtract the number of errors read per minute from the total number of words read per minute. The result is the average number of words correct per minute (WCPM).
Results:
The following are the number of words learners should be able to read correctly at the end of each year:
- Grade 1: 60
- Grade 2: 90
- Grade 3: 115
- Grade 4: 125
- Grade 5: 135
- Grade 6: 140
- Grade 7: 150
