Implementing the Steps of One Minute Reader Live

General

These steps include placement and the navigation pages the student uses to select which content they want to read.

Story Steps

These are the steps included in each story.

​Bonus Step

The bonus Did You Know? step shows trivia and extra story images for the student as a reward for completing an entire book.

Topics

 

Completing a Placement Test

Placement in One Minute Reader is designed to guide a student to the right level without needing teacher intervention.

Students can read a story from a chosen level, and the application will give them a recommendation based on their performance.

Page One

The student selects at which level they want to test.

The levels range from E to 5.

  1. Select a level from the list.
  2. Click Next to go to the next page.

Page Two

The second page displays the placement story for the selected level.

Similar to the Cold Read step, the student starts the timer and reads the story.

  1. Click Start Timing to start the 60-second timer.
  2. Read the story until complete or the timer finishes.
    1. If the story reading is done before the timer finishes, click the Finished button at the end of the story.
    2. If the timer finishes before the story is done, click the last word read.
  3. Click Next to go to the next page.

Page Three

The third page of the placement test displays the results of the test.

The student will hear and see a recommendation based on their performance.

Recommendations include:

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Select a Book

The Select a Book screen allows students to select a level, a book of stories, and access the placement test.
 

Books

Each book displays on the screen as a tile with an image and title. 

Clicking on a book displays the Select a Story screen with all the stories in the selected book.
 

Reset Book

Students can reset stories in a book by clicking the Reset Book icon. It appears as two swirling arrows in a circle.

In progress and completed stories are reset when resetting a book.
 

Book Summary

If at least one story is complete in a book, the Book Summary icon displays. It appears as a circle icon with small bars within.

Clicking the Book Summary icon displays a report of completed stories within the book. 

Information about scores, steps, and points display within the report.

If a story or book is reset, this Book Summary information resets as well.
 

Levels

At the bottom of the screen are levels. Students can click a level to change what books are shown.

For example, selecting Level 3 will display books from level three.
 

Placement

To access the placement test, students can click the Placement button at the top of the screen.

 

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Select a Story

Each story displays on the screen as a tile with an image and title.

Click a story tile to begin.
 

Reset Story

Students can reset stories by clicking the Reset Story icon. It appears as two swirling arrows in a circle.

In progress and completed stories can be reset.
 

Story Summary

The Story Summary icon displays on a story tile when the story is complete. It appears as a circle icon with small bars within.

Clicking the icon displays a report of that story.

Information about scores, steps, points, and similar display within the report.

If a story is reset, this Story Summary information resets as well.
 

Select a Book

Students can return to the Select a Book screen by clicking the Select a Book button.

 

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Completing the Cold Read Step

The Cold Read step enables students to see how many words they read correctly in one minute on a new story. This step sets a baseline for the story, so the student can see improvement after practicing.

Steps

  1. Click Start Timing to start the 60-second timer.
  2. Read the story until complete or the timer finishes.
    • If the story reading is done before the timer finishes, click the Finished button at the end of the story.
    • If the timer finishes before the story is done, click the last word read.
  3. Click Next to go to the next step.

The student earns a Words Per Minute (WPM) score and points after completing the story. 

This score is compared to practices in future steps to track their improvement.

While points have no actual impact on the application, they are tracked as a way to reward students for good performance.

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Completing the Read Along Step

The Read Along step is a modeling step, where students actively read along with a recording of the story.

This step helps students learn unknown words and practice difficult words. It encourages proper pronunciation, expression, and phrasing.

By default, a minimum of one Read Along is required to for a student to continue.

  1. Click Start Read Along.
  2. The student quietly reads aloud as the narrator reads each sentence. The student can click Cancel Read Along to stop the read along. 
    • Canceled read alongs do not count toward the number of completed read alongs.
  3. The student reads with the narrator until he or she finishes the required number of read alongs. On the right, the stars fill in as read alongs are completed.
    • When a read along is not in progress, the student can click the highlighted vocabulary words to see and hear their definitions.
  4. After completing the required number of read alongs, the student can either:
    • Click Start Read Along for more practice
    • Click Next to continue.

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Completing the Read Alone Step

The Read Alone step asks students to read the story until they are happy with their score. In this step, students get the opportunity to master the text. By default, they are required to read at least once. However, they are awarded points for every practice.

When a student is happy with their score, they can click Next to save their latest score as their hot timing and continue.
To complete a Read Alone attempt:

  1. Before starting the timing, the student can click the highlighted vocabulary words to see and hear their definitions. 
  2. Click Start Timing.
  3. The student reads the story and clicks on any words that are difficult.
    The student can click Cancel Timing at any point to stop the timing.
  4. A timing can end if:
    • the bell sounds, and the student clicks the last word read; or
    • the student completes the story before the bell sounds and clicks Finished.
  5. After the student finishes each Read Alone timing, he or she can click Start Timing to read again or click Next to continue with the next step.

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Completing the Quick Quiz and Joke Jumble

The Quiz step helps develop comprehension skills and reminds students to read for meaning.

On the Quiz step, the student answers multiple-choice questions.

Answering a question correctly earns the student points and unlocks a letter of the Joke Jumble.

After answering a question, the student clicks Next to continue.

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Completing the Short Answer Step

The Short Answer step asks the student to write a text response to a question. ​Students then assess their own response against a model. If they decide their response needs revision, they can rewrite it.

The Short Answer step helps develop comprehension skills and reminds students to read for meaning. It also provides the student with a change to compose her or his own written response.

​Students earn points for both writing and revising responses. 

To complete the Short Answer step:

  1. Read the question.
  2. Write a text response to the question in the text field.
  3. Click Next.
    A set of possible correct answers is displayed below your response.
    The page asks Is this answer correct?
  4. Select either Yes or No, try again in response to the question. 
  5. Click Next.
  6. If you selected No, try again, revise your answer and click Next again. 

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Completing the Crossword Puzzle

When all stories in a book are completed, the crossword puzzle for that book is enabled. The crossword contains words and clues based on stories in the book. Readers can leave or return to the crossword puzzle while it is in progress.

To work a Crossword Puzzle:
  1. Complete all of the stories in a book.
  2. Click the Crossword Puzzle tile on the Select a Story page for that book.
  3. Click a clue, or a space in the crossword, to display the word bank of possible answers. 
  4. To answer the clue, choose a word from the word bank.
  5. When all the correct answers are chosen, click the Next button.
Notes:

Crossword puzzles can be reset from the Select a Story page. They are also reset whenever an entire book is reset on the elect a Book page.

Points are awarded for correct answers. While attempts are unlimited, points are only awarded for the first or second answer attempts. 

Completed crossword puzzles are described on the Book Summary report.

The format of the reported data is: Clues correct on the first attempt / Total Clues.
A crossword puzzle for which the student correctly guessed 3 of the 8 clues on the first try displays as: 3/8.

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