One Minute Reader

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Developing readers need as much practice as they can get. One Minute Reader, created for home use, gives them that opportunity. Based on the same strategy as Read Naturally’s classroom programs, One Minute Reader is designed to help students improve their fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. As a result, many students show increased confidence, self-esteem, and interest in learning.

One Minute Reader provides high-interest, age-appropriate stories and audio recordings (entirely different from those created for the Read Naturally program), along with fun, interactive tools that allow students to see themselves progress quickly. Because all of the instructions are on the audio CD and an instructional DVD, One Minute Reader can be used independently even if no proficient reader is available in the home.

Read Naturally also offers One Minute Reader school-to-home materials, which allow students to check out books and audio CDs, using separate record sheets rather than writing in the books themselves.

What's Included

Starter Kits
A starter kit includes everything a student needs to get started: a book with an audio CD, a timer, a red/blue graphing pencil, and an instructional DVD that explains how the program works, all packaged in a sturdy storage album.

Books With Audio CDs
Additional books are available for each level. Each One Minute Reader book includes five high-interest stories, comprehension questions, a crossword puzzle, a glossary, a graph for cold and hot scores, achievement stickers, and an audio CD that includes each story recorded at three different speeds and recordings of all the glossary words and their definitions.
Sample book

Choosing the Right Level

One Minute Reader books are written at different color-coded reading levels, so each reader can find stories at an appropriate reading level.

Level	Sample Story	Stories in this level...
E	A Stick That Walks from Bugs!	Consist of a few short, simple sentences with several words repeated.
1	We Need Bees from Cool Creatures	Consist of short, simple sentences with very few difficult words.
2	Quicksand from Ready, Set Red!	Consist of simple sentences with a few difficult words.
3	Food Fight! from Fun Festivals	Consist of of longer sentences with several difficult words.
4	Tiger Woods from Amazing Athletes	Consist of some complex sentences with more difficult words.
5	Special Delivery! from It Happened in America.	Consist of complex text with more advanced concepts.

The level is appropriate if the following statements are true about someone's initial reading of the story:

The reader is challenged by the story.
The reader knows many but not all of the words in the story.
The reader is not yet able to read the story with proper phrasing and expression.

An Award-Winning Program

One Minute Reader has been recognized by educators, industry journals, and professional organizations with the following honors and awards:

	Learning Magazine's Teacher's Choice Award: For the second time, One Minute Reader has won a Teachers' Choice Award for the Family from Learning magazine. The award is one of the most recognized and prestigious awards in the educational market. More
	iParenting Media Award: iParenting Media presented an award in the book category to One Minute Reader in its annual evaluation of products for children, parents, and families. More
	AEP Distinguished Achievement Award: The Association of Educational Publishers gave two Distinguished Achievement Awards to One Minute Reader, one in the category of Hi/Lo Reading Materials and one in the category of Workbooks. More
	National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval: The National Parenting Center awarded a 2006 Seal of Approval to One Minute Reader. The program identifies the best products and services being marketed to parents and their children. More