[blindkid] reading rates

[Brandy W]

I'm not sure, but I'm predicting they are using the instructional level
meaning the graded text. It is however possible to find graded text that is
somewhat leisurely so that is hard to know. I have a friend who is a
graduate professor in reading methods and such, and I'll ask her.

Bran




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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Castellano
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:53 PM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] reading rates

Do you know which level people like Johns are referring to when they give a
reading range for each grade?
Carol

At 11:52 AM 3/22/2012, you wrote:
>Hi, I've been off list for a while so missed the thread, but I can 
>answer your question. When I determine reading speed for myself I tend 
>to take 3 different texts I've not ever seen and do 1 minute times. I 
>then average the
>3 together. In school or when I'm tutoring children I do a leisure 
>timing with a text they are comfortable with and are reading for fun 
>that they have never seen before. I have them read for 3 minutes, and I 
>go average the 3 scores. This is also known as their independent level. 
>I then do an instructional level. This is the child's grade level text 
>such as a history grade level text that may be a bit challenging but 
>not frustrating. I do the same 3 1 minute times and average the scores. 
>For goal setting purposes I will often also take text either for 
>leisure or school that is slightly above their level and get times the same
way.
>
>I read around 140 words a minute when it is tougher text, and between 
>150 and 200 words per minute on something fun that is pretty easy. Most 
>text written for leisure such as novels and such are written around the 
>eighth grade reading level.
>
>I was not made to read enough Braille in school and there for always 
>averaged around 80-110 words a minute, but once I began singing in my 
>church choir this didn't work. I couldn't keep up. I needed to keep up 
>so I started reading daily. Once I did this my speed rapidly increased. 
>I now read daily even if it is only a Daily bread devotion that takes 
>10 minutes or so I read every day. I find when I don't my speed rapidly 
>decreases. I've read as fast as 200 words a minute on simpler text in the
past.
>
>Hope that helps some.
>
>
>Bran
>
>"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled 
>out is a spark."
>- Victor Hugo
>
>Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
>(512) 689-5045
>www.playtoachieve.com
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>
>Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>On Behalf Of Carol Castellano
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:22 AM
>To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [blindkid] reading rates
>
>Arielle, Heather, Dave, and any other Braille readers out there,
>
>You gave your own reading rates.  What sort of material did you use to 
>measure this?  Did you do a 5-minute test?  Or did you simply time 
>yourself reading an article or something like that?  As I read more and 
>more about this issue and reading rates in general, I see that there 
>are many ways to measure.  For example, if a person is reading for 
>pleasure the rate will be faster than if he/she is reading to learn
something.
>
>Thanks,
>Carol
>
>Carol Castellano
>President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ Director of Programs National 
>Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>973-377-0976
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