What is Your Child's Reading Level?

Summer is almost approaching.  What activities will you child be doing this summer?  All local libraries offer reading programs.  Have you tested your child lately on their reading level?  Listed below is the recommended reading rates for your child based on their grade level.  Set a timer for one minute.  Start at a specific point in the text and have your child read aloud for one full minute. Make a mark on a separate sheet of paper for any words that are read incorrectly or fumbled across.  When the times goes off, the child stops reading. Count all the words from the start to the end point of the section read and subtract the incorrect words. 

First grade: 60-80 correct words per minutes with 0-2 errors

Second grade: 80-100 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Third grade: 90-120 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Fourth grade: 115-140 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Fifth grade: 125-150 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Sixth grade: 135-160 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Seventh grade: 140-175 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

Eighth grade: 150-180 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors 

Ninth grade – Adult: 180-200 correct words per minute with 0-2 errors

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss