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Reading smoothly, not word by word — Take-Home — 1st Grade Reads a familiar Grade 1 text at around 50–60 words a minute, in phrases, with expression. This one-page 1st Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Read It Three Times" — 10 minutes with a short passage or one page of a familiar book, a timer…
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Reading smoothly, not word by word LITERACY · 1ST GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 1st Grade 10 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads a familiar Grade 1 text at around 50–60 words a minute, in phrases, with expression. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Pick a book they've read before. Time one minute and count the words read correctly. A SOLID ANSWER Around 50 or more by mid-year, 60 by June, with pauses at the punctuation. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 READ IT THREE TIMES You need: A short passage or one page of a familiar book, A timer First read: slow, working it out, you help with anything stuck for more than three seconds. Second read: same page, faster. Count the words and write the number down. Third read: with expression, as a character. Silly voices are legitimate technique. Compare the numbers. Improvement on the same page is the whole point — never compare to another child. Finish by reading it to somebody else: a sibling, a grandparent on the phone, the dog. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Now read it like you're talking, not like you're working it out. Stop where the dot is." You read a sentence, they read it straight back — echo reading carries the phrasing for them. Read a page with dialogue and give each character a different voice, which forces attention to the punctuation. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-1 www.littleactivity.com 1st Grade · Literacy
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Reading smoothly, not word by word LITERACY · 1ST GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 1st Grade 10 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads a familiar Grade 1 text at around 50–60 words a minute, in phrases, with expression. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Pick a book they've read before. Time one minute and count the words read correctly. A SOLID ANSWER Around 50 or more by mid-year, 60 by June, with pauses at the punctuation. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 READ IT THREE TIMES You need: A short passage or one page of a familiar book, A timer First read: slow, working it out, you help with anything stuck for more than three seconds. Second read: same page, faster. Count the words and write the number down. Third read: with expression, as a character. Silly voices are legitimate technique. Compare the numbers. Improvement on the same page is the whole point — never compare to another child. Finish by reading it to somebody else: a sibling, a grandparent on the phone, the dog. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Now read it like you're talking, not like you're working it out. Stop where the dot is." You read a sentence, they read it straight back — echo reading carries the phrasing for them. Read a page with dialogue and give each character a different voice, which forces attention to the punctuation. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-1 www.littleactivity.com 1st Grade · Literacy
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