Students now have a fluency passage as a nightly homework assignment. (Most of
the kids are familiar with how/what to do, because we do this as part of our
reading skills in class.)
They are to read the passage aloud to an adult for just one minute, while the
adult to whom the child is reading should track the words read, noting any
mistakes. Subtract the number of errors from the total amount of words read in
that one minute. This is the WPM, or words correct per minute. Our goal for
January is 80 WPM.
According to the LA Dept. of Education English Language Arts GLE #12, third
grade students should "Demonstrate oral reading fluency of at least 110 words
per minute in third grade text with appropriate pacing, intonation, and
expression" by the end of third grade.
I am confident that each of my students will succeed in this expectation, and I
thank you in advance for helping your child succeed!