One Minute Reader Live Schedule and Timing

Step 

Key Feature(s)/Benefit(s) 

Select a Book/Story  

increased student motivation with the opportunity to select the next story to read 

Estimated time: <1 minute 

Cold Read 

• independent practice of a new story in the appropriate level 

• explicit modeling for reading unknown words (triggered by click)  

• feedback with the WCPM score and graph 

Estimated time: ≈1.5 minutes 

Read Along 

modeling and supported practice reading the story  

Estimated time: ≈1–6 minutes 
(Average words/story in level E=73 and average words/story in level 5=233.) 

opportunity to click on highlighted words for explicit instruction in vocabulary  
Option available before/after read alongs. After clicking on a highlighted word, the students read along as the word, definition, and often a sample sentence are read. The lowest level has several highlighted words per story; the highest level generally more than 15. Option also available in the read alone and quick quiz steps. 

Estimated time: ≈7–20 seconds/word  
(Or ≈1–5 minutes/story, depending on the level and number of words clicked.) 

Read Alone 
(practice to hot score) 

• independent practice reading the story 
• explicit modeling for reading unknown words (triggered by click)  
• feedback with the WCPM score after each practice 

Students decide for themselves when to stop practicing and save the most recent practice as their hot score. 

Estimated time: ≈2–6 minutes 
(It is common for students to need multiple practices to feel ready to move on.) 

opportunity to click on highlighted words for explicit instruction in vocabulary  
Option available before/after practices. After clicking on a highlighted word, the students read along as the word, definition, and often a sample sentence are read. The lowest level has several highlighted words per story; the highest level generally more than 15. Option also available in the read along and quick quiz steps. 

Estimated time: ≈7–20 seconds/word  
(Or ≈1–6 minutes/story, depending on the level and number of words clicked.) 

Quick Quiz/ 
Short Answer 

• opportunity to develop comprehension skills  
• feedback regarding whether quiz responses were correct/incorrect 
• opportunity for student to self-evaluate answers to the short answer question  

Students compare their answer to possible correct answers and judge whether or not they were correct. 

Estimated time: ≈2–4 minutes 
(There are four multiple-choice questions and one short answer question for each story.) 

• opportunity to reread parts of the story as needed 
• another opportunity to click on highlighted words for explicit instruction in vocabulary  

After clicking on a highlighted word, the students read along as the word, definition, and often a sample sentence are read. The lowest level has several highlighted words per story; the highest level generally more than 15. Option also available in the read along and read alone steps. 

Estimated time: ≈7–20 seconds/word  
(Or ≈1–6 minutes/story, depending on the level and number of words clicked.) 

Review Work 

feedback to review regarding the student's performance 

Estimated time: ≈1–2 minutes 

Crossword 
(once per book) 

opportunity to develop vocabulary through a crossword puzzle 
Each book of five stories includes one crossword puzzle unlocked after the stories are complete. Level E stories have five clues/target words and Level 5 stories have 15 clues/target words (with a few distractors). 

Estimated time: ≈3–10 minutes