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Transform independent reading time into an exciting, guided reading experience! One Minute Reader Live delivers measurable results while engaging students with interesting short passages, motivating graphs, and fun joke jumbles. Utilizing the research-based Read Naturally Strategy in a fully independent and motivating system, One Minute Reader Live helps students develop fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills, and build confidence as learners.
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One Minute Reader Live accelerates reading achievement by combining the research-proven components of the Read Naturally Strategy: teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. The student works at his or her own pace in an appropriate level of material as the motivating program guides the student through the steps. The student masters a story by reading along with audio and then practicing the story until he or she can read it fluently and with comprehension. The program automatically tracks the student's progress.
Research basis for the Read Naturally Strategy
One Minute Reader Live StepsBefore beginning the steps of each story, the student selects the book and story he or she wants to read. Choosing the story deepens the student’s investment in the material.
One Minute Reader Live includes six levels: one for each reading level E through 5. Each level includes eight books with five nonfiction stories organized around a specific theme. The automated steps of the program are built around teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring.
E | Early first-grade reading level. | Stories consist of a few short, simple sentences with several words repeated. |
1 | Middle first-grade reading level. | Stories consist of a few short, simple sentences with very few difficult words. |
2 | Middle second-grade reading level. | Stories consist of simple sentences with a few difficult words. |
3 | Middle third-grade reading level. | Stories consist of longer sentences with several difficult words. |
4 | Middle fourth-grade reading level. | Stories consist of some complex sentences with more difficult words. |
5 | Middle fifth-grade reading level. | Stories consist of complex text with more advanced concepts. |
The full One Minute Reader Live content is included with all Read Live subscriptions.
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One Minute Reader Live is an integrated component of the Read Live platform.
One Minute Reader Live is an integrated component of the Read Live platform. All Read Live licenses enable full access to the One Minute Reader Live curriculum as well as access to the Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español curriculum.
I have used Read Live for several years and have loved seeing the growth in my students. This program gives me the tools I need to help students build fluency, accuracy, comprehension, and writing. It is an excellent program for struggling readers!
Read Naturally is my favorite intervention program that we use in our school. It is very interactive and the kids really enjoy it. The stories are interesting and keep students engaged. I have even learned many random facts and have used my knowledge to win trivia contests with family. The kids are always excited when they “level up”. I have never had a student that dreads coming to learn on read live with me & that makes my job even easier!
I have used Read Live for several years in my small groups. Students have loved seeing their growth with their fluency and I have seen their great improvement with their comprehension skills.
Read LIVE is so important in our Resource Special Ed Room! The kids love reading the stories, improve their fluency scores, and love to do the Vocabulary builder short quizzes before the Red/Yellow tab Assessment is completed by the teacher with the student. The students have improved so much in their reading comprehension as well. Having to type responses also helps the students with their keyboarding skills. I must also add, by sitting with the students, I have learned so many new facts about various subjects. Keep up the good work!
I am an elementary special education teacher, and I have been using Read Naturally Live for reading fluency and comprehension since I began teaching in the LRC room two years ago. My students have made great progress using this program. They love the interesting stories and especially enjoy completing the crossword puzzle at the end of each lesson.
From a teacher’s perspective, I appreciate how quick and easy the program is to set up. After just a few sessions, students can work independently, which allows me to provide targeted support where it’s needed most. Many of my students are in the same grade but read at very different levels and Read Live Naturally makes it easy to keep each student working at their own instructional level.
I am so thankful our school found this program—it is one of the most frequently used and most valuable instructional resources I have in my classroom.
I have been using Read Naturally Live for about 4 years now in my Title I middle school classes. I have seen growth from a majority of my students using the program consistently. The students like the choice of readings the program provides and gives them knowledge of topics that they may not have seen before! Overall, I have loved the program and how easy it is to use in small groups!
An excellent program that helps students with comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary! Students see so much growth. Instant feedback allows them to further improve their skills. Data charts give further insight about student growth and areas to improve.
I used Read Live all last year and loved the way it covered phonics rules, repeated reading, vocabulary development, and comprehension. I saw improvement in all of my students over the year. This is my favorite computer-based program that I have used. I am really grateful that my district is willing to continue offering it for sped.
I've enjoyed using Read Live with students. Stories are engaging and the instant data is great!
Being a special education teacher, it can be hard to find a program that is versatile enough to cover all the needs of my students. Read Live is a great program that makes it easy for teachers to differentiate not only grade levels, but also independent reading skills. I have seen great progress in my students throughout the years of using this program!
I have been using Read Naturally Live for several years. This program is very effective for small-group intervention in grades 3-5. Enables easy differentiation for students of all ages and instructional levels. I am able to effectively differentiate to meet the needs of each student. My students love the high-interest nonfiction passages. The built in progress monitoring tool enables me to review data and inform parents, administrators and classroom teachers of my students' strengths and weaknesses. In addition, I use the Word Warm Ups Live features with third grade students to reinforce decoding & word attack strategies. One Minute Reader is the icing on the cake- each student can work at their own pace and practice fluency and comprehension skills while I am working with individual students. 10/10 recommend this product for any school district looking for a quality reading intervention program!!
This is my 3rd year utilizing the Read Live program in my self-contained classroom. I teach seventh grade students that are reading, on average, at a third grade level. My students have shown so much growth through using this reading program. Not only has their reading fluency increased but also there have been improvements to their reading comprehension skills as well. I know that my students get excited when they pass a story and are able to put their sticker on their charts. The program does a great job using the ribbon system to visually show students how well they did on each story. We are currently trying to find time within the school day to incorporate the Read Live program into our co-taught schedule. I think that this program would be beneficial to those students as well. In my thirteen year teaching, I have tried multiple reading programs and I can say that we have seen the most growth with his program than any other!
Read Naturally Live is a great resource to improve fluency, above all, and simultaneously holds students accountable for comprehension. The continued development of their suite of products is impressive and meets the intervention demands that many schools currently face.
I have been using Read Live in my RTI program for five years now. I have seen so many students improve their reading skills with this program. Read Live allows them to read on their level and gives them confidence in their reading. The students feel successful and thus enjoy reading!! It is a fantastic program!
I have been using Read Live in my interventionist groups for the past 4 years. It is a wonderful program! We use it to boost fluency and comprehension for NWEA testing. We have found that those students who are just below the recommended score benefit from this program. I love to hear that the students I am seeing are passing their goals and achieving higher than expected scores. I would highly recommend this program!!
The one-minute reader is a perfect way to incorporate all reading skills into one place. My students look forward to the stories and are excelling in reading in ways that they never have before.
This is the first year that I utilized Read Live through my district. This program has helped me personally see student growth and allow for practicing skills in the small group setting. I have students that look forward to using this program due to the engagement that it has provided to them!
Read Live is a go to for repeated reading practice. The text is high interest so it keeps the students engaged in their learning.
This is my 1st full year utilizing Read Live in my small groups and so far I am loving it! I have seen students who don't enjoy reading look forward to coming in my room to read on Read Live, some have been doing it for several years before coming to me and they aren't tired of it, which is refreshing. I look forward to receiving the update emails every month! Thank you for offering this program!
I really enjoy using Read Naturally. It is easy to use, engaging for students, and does a great job building reading fluency and confidence. I like that it is data-driven and allows students to work at their own level while clearly showing progress over time.
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