What is The Six-Minute Solution?

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 solutions pairs same-skill-level students to read age-appropriate nonfiction passages and record each other's progress on fluency and accuracy.

Why The Six-Minute Solution?

Actively engages and motivates students with peer-to-peer interaction
Increases fluency, time on task, and work completion in all content areas
Quick, easy and flexible implementation
Improves student performance in all content areas
Can be used in classrooms and groups of all sizes with no special materials required
Research-based and field tested, incorporating proven partnering and repeated-reading techniques
Professional development is embedded, requiring no teacher training
Effective with all students, including English language learners and students with special needs
Addresses multiple levels of fluency, making it easy to differentiate instruction
Reliable initial and ongoing assessment

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"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."

—Florida Center for Reading and Research

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Everything needed to implement The Six-Minute Solution is in one book and features:

Assessment records and tools to determine leveled pairing of students
Reproducible charts for teachers and students to use for progress monitoring
Automatic high-frequency word lists

High-interest, cross-curricula, tiered nonfiction reading passages across content areas
Materials organized by interest level and readability to individualize practice for all learners

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