Transcription of One Minute Reader Placement Guide
1 2009 Read Naturally, GuideThis Guide will help you choose the right One Minute Reader level foryour child. The ideal level is neither too easy nor too difficult. It shouldchallenge the student without being InstructionsLevel EPlacement Worksheet & Student PassageLevel 1 Placement Worksheet & Student PassageLevel 2 Placement Worksheet & Student PassageLevel 3 Placement Worksheet & Student PassageLevel 4 Placement Worksheet & Student PassageLevel 5 Placement Worksheet & Student PassagePrint AllEvaluation InstructionsSetting UpYou will need the following materials: Student passages that the student will read (included in this packet). Placement worksheets for scoring the student (included in this packet). A digital timer for timing the readings. Digital timers are more accurate than wind-up timers.
2 A pencil for scoring the a place that is quiet and free of distractions. If possible, use a desk or table where you and thestudent can sit across from each a Passage for Testing the Student This packet includes one story from each of the One Minute Reader levels E, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Theselevels are reading levels, not grade levels. Use your judgment as to which level might be a good fit for a student. For example, if a student is just starting second grade, you may want to start by testing thestudent with the level 1 the Student1 Place the student passage in front of the student, but ask him or her not to begin reading the corresponding assessment worksheet in front of you, and have a pencil the timer for one the student to carefully read the passage aloud until you tell him or her to stop.
3 5 When the student starts to read, start the track of the student s errors while you listen. Use the Three S s Rule count as errors anywords a student Stops at, Stumbles over, or the timer sounds, draw a line after the last word the student back the number of errors the student made, and mark the student s net score (words correctper Minute ).9If the net score is in the Target Zone, this is an appropriate level for the student. If the net score is in or near the Too Difficultzone, test the student with a lower-level the net score is in or near the Too Easyzone, test the the student with a higher-level the student doesn t fit any level or fits more than one level, then you can choose the level that youthink will fit him or her best. If the student is easily frustrated or lacks confidence, choose an easier level.
4 If the Reader can handle more of a challenge, choose a harder 2009 Read Naturally, see a twigon a tree. Then thetwig starts to walk! It is not really a is a walking sticks are insects. They looklike twigs. They are thin. They are are brown. Some are bird may look for an insect to eat. Itmay see a walking stick. But the birdmay not eat it. The bird may think it isjust a Stick That Walks9192430384454627275 One Minute Reader Placement Worksheet Level ECopyright 2009 Read Naturally, EASYTest With Level 1 StoryYou see a twigon a tree. Then thetwig starts to walk! It is not really a is a walking sticks are insects. They looklike twigs. They are thin. They are are brown. Some are bird may look for an insect to eat. Itmay see a walking stick. But the birdmay not eat it.
5 The bird may think it isjust a Stick That WalksOne Minute Reader Student Passage Level ECopyright 2009 Read Naturally, you like honey? If you do, you should likebees. Bees make honey. Maybe you don't like honey. Should you stilllike bees? You should if you like plantsandtrees. You should if you like fruit. We needbees. Bees helpnew plants togrow. Bees help plants make fruit. How dobees help?A bee landson a flower. It wants pollenfrom the flower. It wants nectartoo. Thepollen gets on its body. It flies to anotherflower. It leavessome pollen from the lastflower on the new one. Now the flower canmake fruit. It makes seedsto grow more Need Bees10142231384654566573829099108 One Minute Reader Placement Worksheet Level 1 Copyright 2009 Read Naturally, ZONETOO HARDTest With Level E StoryTOO EASYTest With Level 2 StoryDo you like honey?
6 If you do, you should likebees. Bees make honey. Maybe you don't like honey. Should you stilllike bees? You should if you like plantsandtrees. You should if you like fruit. We needbees. Bees helpnew plants togrow. Bees help plants make fruit. How dobees help?A bee landson a flower. It wants pollenfrom the flower. It wants nectartoo. Thepollen gets on its body. It flies to anotherflower. It leavessome pollen from the lastflower on the new one. Now the flower canmake fruit. It makes seedsto grow more Need BeesOne Minute Reader Student Passage Level 1 Copyright 2009 Read Naturally, on the beach. Suddenly, the sandunder your feet starts to move! You've stepped in a pool ofquicksand! What should you do? Will you sink, likepeople do in the movies? You might start to sink, but don't worry.
7 If you relax,quicksand is not very dangerous. Spread out your armsand legs. Stay mostly still. You will slowly floatto thetop of the quicksand. Then you can crawlout. Quicksand is just sand mixed with a lot of water. Youcan find it on the shoresof rivers and streams. If you see apatchof very wet sand, tossa pebbleinto it. If the pebblesinks right away, you've found quicksand. Why do things sink in quicksand? Because quicksand isso full of water, the grainsof sand do not stick together tomake solid ground. So the quicksand acts more like waterthan sand. Quicksand is easy to make. Put some sand in a water until it just covers the sand. Stirhard. Nowyou have a bowl of quicksand! Quicksand8202934455465748599112118127140 150152163174180 One Minute Reader Placement Worksheet Level 2 Copyright 2009 Read Naturally, HARDTest With Level 1 StoryTOO EASYTest With Level 3 StoryImaginewalking on the beach.
8 Suddenly, the sandunder your feet starts to move! You've stepped in a pool ofquicksand! What should you do? Will you sink, likepeople do in the movies? You might start to sink, but don't worry. If you relax,quicksand is not very dangerous. Spread out your armsand legs. Stay mostly still. You will slowly floatto thetop of the quicksand. Then you can crawlout. Quicksand is just sand mixed with a lot of water. Youcan find it on the shoresof rivers and streams. If you see apatchof very wet sand, tossa pebbleinto it. If the pebblesinks right away, you've found quicksand. Why do things sink in quicksand? Because quicksand isso full of water, the grainsof sand do not stick together tomake solid ground. So the quicksand acts more like waterthan sand. Quicksand is easy to make. Put some sand in a water until it just covers the sand.
9 Stirhard. Nowyou have a bowl of quicksand! QuicksandOne Minute Reader Student Passage Level 2 Copyright 2009 Read Naturally, you get in trouble for taking part in a food fight?Not during la Tomatina you wouldn't. La Tomatina is a bigtomato fight. It takes place in Bu ol, Spain, every year onthe last Wednesday of August. More than 20,000 peoplejoinin the fun. They throw about 120 tonsof tomatoes ateach other. On the morning of the fight, shopkeeperscover theirwindows and doors. At 11:00 , trucks dump pilesoftomatoes on the street, and the battlebegins. A few rulesmake sure everyone has fun and no one gets hurt. Youcan't throw anything but tomatoes. You must also squishthe tomatoes before you throw 1:00 the fight is over. Tomatoes covereveryone and everything. People wash off the tomatoes intemporaryshowers.
10 A fire truck hosesdown buildingsand strange traditionbegan in 1944 as a small foodfight. Now it is the biggest annualfood fight in the town even createda festivalaround it. The week ofthe fight people enjoy fireworks, music, and good Fight!1223344355576676879810711312213113 9141151163174183 One Minute Reader Placement Worksheet Level 3 Copyright 2009 Read Naturally, HARDTest With Level 2 StoryTOO EASYTest With Level 4 StoryTARGETZONEW ould you get in trouble for taking part in a food fight?Not during la Tomatina you wouldn't. La Tomatina is a bigtomato fight. It takes place in Bu ol, Spain, every year onthe last Wednesday of August. More than 20,000 peoplejoinin the fun. They throw about 120 tonsof tomatoes ateach other. On the morning of the fight, shopkeeperscover theirwindows and doors.
