In today's world, parents pay great attention to preparing their children for school. Very often, future first-graders are trained by parents to count, some can write. Parents give particular importance to reading. Many future first-graders not only know the alphabet, but already possess the initial skills - they can combine letters into syllables, and syllables into words.
The ability to read is one of the most effective ways to maneuver in the mass of surrounding information. In this case, special attention is paid to technology. After all, it is important not only the ability to read quickly and accurately, but also the conscious perception of the text plus the preservation of its artistic design, expressed in the expressiveness of pronunciation. In other words, it is necessary to give importance not only to how and how many words per minute a first grader should read, but also, by asking certain questions in the text, to find out if the reader understood the meaning of the passage. This will develop the speech and memory of the child, increase his intellectual level. In addition, he will learn to reason and form his own opinion.
So how many words per minute should a first grader read? The teacher is obliged to monitor and record the results that the child achieves during the development of skills. Reading speed in grade 1 should fit into certain indicators. The results are taken into account constantly, throughout the academic year, and after each quarter, with the exception of the first, control measurements are taken.
Regulatory requirements have been developed that spell out how many words per minute a first grader should read. To get a grade of five in the first six months of instruction, a student must read at least twenty words per minute. By the end of the third quarter, their number increases to thirty-five, and by the end of the first class to get the mark "excellent" the child must pronounce more than forty words of the text. It’s important not only check the reading speed, but also pay attention to how the child does it. The teacher requires that the student pronounce the whole words, clearly highlighting the endings and, most importantly, be aware of the meaning of what they read.
When determining how many words per minute a first grader should read, it is also necessary to take into account the complexity of the text proposed for reading. At the beginning of training, words in sentences consist of similar syllables or syllables with the same vowels, for example: ma-ma, so-lo, ka-sha. Next, fragments of works containing more complex syllables are introduced. After mastering the initial reading skills, the texts include polysyllabic words, hissing syllables, complex syllables. It is important that by the end of the third stage the first grader not only read strictly by syllables (and not letters) and expressively, but also knew how to briefly retell what he read. At the last stage, not only prose, but also poetry is offered for reading.
The stepwise complication of the texts will help to form further reading skills with the first grader, increase the speed of pronunciation, making reading not only a tool for acquiring knowledge, but also a source of pleasure. In addition, reading is a special kind of artistic, aesthetic, speech and intellectual development of a person. During the period of education, a child develops a speech skill, which is a factor in the successful acquisition of knowledge not only at school, but will also be useful to him in his further, adult life.