What Does a 1st Grader Reading Sound Like?

[elmerRex]

Is there a way to figure out what a 1st grade reader would or should sound like if they are reading on level?

I am ESOL and I can not judge what he should be sounding like well.

[forty-two]

Here's some benchmarks for reading progress (K-3): http://www.bullitt.k12.ky.us/userfiles/9/my%20files/accomplishments-in-reading-k-3.pdf?id=542813

[go_go_gadget]

It would depend on the material being read. I'd have different expectations of a student reading phonetically-controlled books than I would of a student reading Frog and Toad, for instance, because the latter offers greater resistance. Either way, I wouldn't be phased by a slow, halting oral reading by a first grader.

[Beaniemom]

In California, the benchmark is a fluency of 60 words per minute when reading grade level appropriate material. Take that for what you will. I have a hard time grasping what a first grade reader should sound like and I have one. My dd8 was reading chapter books easily but my son is a halting reader. 

[displace]

Here's some benchmarks for reading progress (K-3): http://www.bullitt.k12.ky.us/userfiles/9/my%20files/accomplishments-in-reading-k-3.pdf?id=542813

I wonder when these are from? They seem normal but very different than what was expected from our public school.

[Arcadia]

Are you worried about accent or fluency? There is a big range to fluency in 1st grade in schools.

 

I wonder when these are from? They seem normal but very different than what was expected from our public school.

The original

http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html