Hello, I was trying to find a website that would tell what the national w.p.m. should be for different grade levels. Does anyone know of such a site? I would love to keep track with my kids and see if the are staying in their level. Thanks
For typing? I think most schools don't expect any wpm for elementary grades because little hands have troubles reaching the keys. Season (age 7) was using Jumpstart Typing and was getting 1 wpm on the regular keyboard I moved her to the laptop and she jumped to 25 wpm. the keyboard is way smaller.. perfect for little fingers!
When I was a kid..... :wink: we didn't even start typing until 6th grade. lol I think I did around 35wpm on a manual typewriter then. Last time I took a timed test.....it's been a while but...it was on the computer and it was closer to 70wpm. I'm just impressed if they can type early on.
No, not typing. I was talking about how many words per minute they can read. When they were in public school they would test them to see if they were reading at their grade level depending on how many w.p.m. they read.
I never knew the public schools counted words per minute in reading. What else are they going to think up to make kids hate reading? Mine got to the point that reading was a chore because the books had to meet so many pre set requirements first. I want them to read because it is fun and exciting! Is word per minute something I have to account for? I haven't seen that before. Thanks.
Huh...I have never heard that. But I am wondering...what if they are a fast reader, but cannot comprehend what they are reading? I would hope that makes a difference in determining what "grade level" they are at. I personally, don't worry about that.
I knew they included reading speed in the evaluation of the ps kids. I don't know what they expect for each grade level though.. Here's an online test: http://mindbluff.com/askread2.htm I got: You read between 300 - 350 words per minute. Above-average reading level. (The average rate is between 200 - 250 words per minute.) It is assumed that you did not skim the words nor fail to understand the meaning of what was read.
ROFL oh reading...never heard the term used for reading. Sorry about that. :wink: Most grade reading level on the words and how many they can read to come to a "reading level". I had come across this "test" if you will. It's a sheet that has Reading Level test words. It is at http://www.hsiz.org/userPage.asp?userPage=filelibrary
I've heard of it! When I was a kid, we were able to sign up for a "speed reading" class. It was optional, and I really enjoyed it. And it concentrated on comprehension as well as speed. We would read a selection, and mark which paragraph we were at when the timer went off. They had our WPM figured by that. Then we would answer comprehension questions. You couldn't go on to the next level until you reached a certain score on both comprehension and speed.
A Beka has "Speed and Comprehension" Readers. My dd loves doing the readings and answeringg the questions! In those you figure out wpm.
At my kids school they also tested comprehension. I was just wondering if anyone new what the w.p.m. were for each grade level was. I just wanted to see where my kids were thats all.
Could you give me some more info. I am not using A Beka, but could I just by the books for them to read? Or will I need a teachers manual and a bunch of other stuff?
I finally found a chart (Scroll down towards the bottem: http://www.readingcenter.buffalo.edu/center/research/tmgrr.html I got this from various other sources: Average adult 200-250 1st grader 30-60
Awdrey, Go to the A Beka website (I don't have it right off hand), and look under their reading programs. You should see them there. You can only buy the readers, you don't need to buy anything else!
