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Accelerating Student Learning: Monitoring Reading

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Sample Passage - Examiner Copy

It was a pretty good composition. I felt proud knowing10
it was the best one at my school. After I’d read it five times,24
I was impatient to start reading it out loud.33
I followed the book's directions again. First I read the 43
composition out loud without trying to sound impressive, just52
times. Then I moved over to my full-length mirror and read the65
composition out loud in front of it a few times. At first I just 79
read it. Then I practiced looking up and making eye contact.90
Total Words Read:__________
Errors:__________
Words Read Correctly:__________