The Six-Minute Solution is a simple, hassle-free program that builds students’ reading fluency in just six minutes a day. For students in grades K–12, this peer-driven solution pairs same-skill-level students to read age-appropriate nonfiction passages and record each other's progress with fluency and accuracy.
The Six-Minute Solution is a beneficial program for all students in grades K–12 since the flexibility of the program scaffolds up as students progress in their fluency. It can be used with advanced readers to reinforce their reading skills as well as struggling readers, those with special needs, and English language learners.
The Six-Minute Solution builds students’ fluency across all grade levels. The program empowers teachers to make the most of every second with an efficient, fast-paced instructional routine that takes marked steps toward reading success.
Administrators at Meadowbrook Middle School in Poway, CA placed 52 students who were reading at least two years below grade level, in a 24-day program using The Six-Minute Solution. By the end of the program, all students experienced significant gains in reading fluency and comprehension.
“Reading gains recorded by the summer school intervention students were outstanding in many cases. Pre-assessment fluency scores on a sixth-grade passage ranged from a low of 40 correct words per minute (cwpm) to a high of 136 cwpm. Post-assessment rates ranged from a low of 61 cwpm to a high of 195 cwpm. The average reading fluency gain was 36 percent.”
“The Six-Minute Solution was implemented in two classrooms: a heterogeneous fourth-grade classroom of 31 students and a combined fourth–fifth-grade class in the Los Penasquitos Academy. In the fourth-fifth grade Academy classroom, 24 of the 25 students (95 percent) demonstrated a significant gain in oral reading fluency as measured by a comparison of pre- and post-cwpm scores on grade-level passages.”
“The Six-Minute Solution lends itself to flexible use in a variety of settings and can be used with the entire classroom where students work in pairs, during small group teacher-led instruction, with cross-age pairs, and with students working individually. ”