Intervention Programs

One Minute Reader provides...

• Structured, independent reading for home or classroom use.
• Motivating, informational text for reluctant readers.
• Additional practice for students using Read Naturally Live or Read Naturally Encore.
• Challenging reading material for young, advanced readers. 
• Leveled books from early reader through fifth grade.

Students...

• Expand knowledge base through reading nonfiction text.
• Gain confidence by graphing results to monitor progress.
• Utilize audio support to learn words and improve expression.
• Experience success and an improved attitude toward reading.
• Engage in self-directed learning.

One Minute Reader accelerates reading achievement by combining the research-proven components of the Read Naturally Strategy: teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. The reader works at his or her own pace in a full-color book. The reader works through the steps and masters each story by reading along with audio and then practicing the story until he or she can read it fluently and with comprehension. The reader tracks progress on a graph.

In a school-to-home One Minute Reader checkout program, students check out books and audio CDs and then write on separate record sheets instead of writing in the books themselves. This system allows schools to use the books multiple times. 

 Research basis for the Read Naturally Strategy

One Minute Reader Steps

1. Get Ready to Read
   The reader selects the story he or she wants to read and thinks about what he or she might learn from it. Choosing the story deepens the reader’s investment in the material, and thinking of a prediction prepares the reader’s mind for reading the story.
2. Time Yourself Reading
   The reader times him- or herself as he or she reads the story and determines a words correct per minute score. This step establishes a baseline for progress monitoring, the component of the Read Naturally Strategy that motivates the reader to improve.
3. Mark Your Cold Score in Blue
   The reader graphs the cold-timing score in blue. Marking the graph provides a visual of the baseline data.
4. Read Along With the CD
   The reader reads along quietly with a recording of the story, typically three times. This step is the teacher-modeling component of the Read Naturally Strategy, which helps the reader learn new words and master others as well as learn proper pronunciation, expression, and phrasing.
5. Read Alone, and Raise Your Score
   The reader practices reading the story without audio support, typically three to ten times, until able to read it accurately and with expression. This step is the repeated-reading component of the Read Naturally Strategy, which helps the reader improve fluency, master difficult words, and understand the story.
6. Take the Quick Quiz
   The reader answers questions about the story. Responding to the text holds the reader accountable for meaning, develops the ability to answer many types of questions, and provides information about how well the reader comprehends the story. If the answers to all questions in a book are correct, the answers provide the solution for a Joke Jumble.
7. Read for an Adult 
   The reader reads the story for an adult to show that he or she can read it accurately and with appropriate expression. The reader can also talk about what he or she learned from the story.
8. Mark Your Hot Score in Red
   The reader graphs the hot-timing score in red above the cold-timing score (in blue), to show how much he or she has improved. 

One Minute Reader books are available at six levels of reading difficulty (see the Order tab for details). Each level consists of eight different books with five nonfiction stories per book. Each level is packaged in a bundle with additional resources for home or school checkout. The prices are per bundle.

BUNDLES FOR HOME OR SCHOOL USE

Each bundle includes:

• Eight different books of the same reading level.
• 10 record sheets for each book (80 total). 
• One timer.
• 12 red/blue pencils. 
• An instructional DVD.
• A starter kit storage album.

FULL-COLOR BOOKS

Five high-interest, leveled nonfiction stories include:

• Line-by-line word counts.
• Bold-faced glossary words.
• Comprehension activities. 

Glossary includes:

• Student-friendly definitions.
• Full-color illustrations.
• Clarifying sentences.

Additional materials include:

• Fun Facts.
• Crossword.
• Joke Jumble.
• Student graph of progress.
• Reward stickers.

Audio CD includes:

• Instructions.
• Three recordings of each of the five stories.
• Recordings of the glossary word definitions.
• Fun Facts.

​ To order individual books without record sheets, visit the One Minute Reader website.

Sample Book

• One Minute Reader Level 3: "Ready, Set, Purple!"

Sample Stories

• One Minute Reader Level E: "A Stick That Walks"
• One Minute Reader Level 1: "We Need Bees"
• One Minute Reader Level 2: "Quicksand"
• One Minute Reader Level 3: "Food Fight"
• One Minute Reader Level 4: "London Burns"
• One Minute Reader Level 5: "Special Delivery"

Sample Record Sheet

• One Minute Reader Level 2: "Ready, Set, Red!"

In a school-to-home checkout program, students write on separate record sheets instead of in the books themselves, so the books can be re-used.

Choosing a One Minute Reader level

​ Placing students with the One Minute Reader Placement Guide

Required

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  Basic One-Minute Timer
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  Standard Electronic Timer
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  Words-Per-Minute Timer/Calculator

Optional

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  Batteries for Standard & One-Minute Timers
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  Red/Blue Graphing Pencils
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  Stereo Headphones

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