Students will learn how to speed read and improve their reading speed and comprehension skills in one week.  The average reader is around 150-250 Words Per Minute.  The goal is to increase by 20%-30% during the week of practice.  After a month of daily practice, students should begin to see their normal reading speed increase to 400-600 wpm, and then with practice over 3-6 months, ideally even up to speeds of 1000 wpm. (Only 1% of readers read at 450 wpm or faster). 

During this week, students will learn the key skills they need to learn to speed read, as well as ways to understand and remember better what they read. I work to help them become much more aware of what is happening in their brain. When do they understand what they've read and when don't they?  It's imperative they commit to practice these skills for 1-3 months after to really see the full effect of reaching 600 wpm or more. 

Please know I'm primarily teaching the skills that normally a "brick and mortar" school would teach and practice for a month.  However, these past 3 months of offering this 5-day class prove the skills can be taught - and learned - in 5 days.  Please PLEASE encourage your student to practice 10 minutes a day for a full month after taking my class so they experience the full effect of the class. 

Parent and Student Expectations (Written on July 27, 2020)
Here is an idea of what you can expect: after teaching 4 weeks of classes and a total of 29 students so far, here are the stats of what has happened:   Not including the student that missed 3 sessions and saw no increase in their reading speed, the range of increase after 5 days of class with me was from 13% speeding read increase (from a Monday to a Friday) to a high of  300% increase from a Monday to a Friday. The highest reading rate achieved was 1200 wpm.  The average rate of increase was 72%.  Results like these are not guaranteed.  However, a modest increase of 30% in reading speed means they have just decreased the amount of time they need to read a school-assigned book by 1/3rd.  Help your students see the value so they put in the work to gain a skill that will stay with them for life!!!

Parent and Student Expectations (Written on August 24, 2020)
32 students during August 1 - August 22, 2020. Average % increase: 133%, ranging from 14% - 355% increase. Students improved for example from 187 wpm to 693. Even a recent review by a parent who said their student hated the class - that student went from 220 wpm to 624 wpm. So the skills work when the student implements them and practices them.  This is a skills-based class and it's super helpful if the parent can help ensure the student is implementing the way I'm teaching, since often I cannot see how the students are doing it and I let students have their video off during timed drills if they prefer. 

Parent and Student Expectations (September 26, 2020)
31 students August 24 - September 25. Average increase: ranging from 0% to 685%, with an average increase of 130%. The person who had 0% increase only attended class on Monday and Friday, and it's possible that student did not practice or implement the skills. 

NO DIGITAL BOOKS. 
NO CARTOON BOOKS.  

Speed reading skills will be explained, demonstrated, and then students given time to practice in class, ask questions, and receive feedback during class time. They will be timed approximately 4 times during the week to show student their progress almost immediately! For students who subvocalize (speak while they read), it takes time to break the habit but if necessary, they will be equipped with additional tips to help them work on learning to read without subvocalizing. 

Parents, please know that students should be comfortably reading chapter books before taking this course.  

Day 1 
- Find starting base rate. 
- The main key skill to speed reading
- New reading base rate

Day 2
- Learn reading warm up skill - the connection between sight and touch
- Skill:  4, 3, 2, 1, Skill and practice
- Replace bad habits: What hinders speed reading and recall

Day 3
- Technique #1 - RRR - First R - How to remember what you read: Comprehension: Skim and mapping a book
- Learn Peripheral Vision reading
- Practice Peripheral Vision reading
- Find new wpm base 

Day 4 
- Technique #2 - RRR - Second R - How to remember what you read
- Smart Reading - Apply speed reading skills to different types of reading
- 3 column technique for speed reading 
- Speed reading test using 3 columns

Day 5
- Technique #3 How to remember what you read: RRR - Third R
- Life hacks for your brain!
- Find ending base rate 
- Find percent increase from Day 1
- Share what was most helpful this week
peed reading test #1
- Speed reading test #2
- Recall demonstration