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3rd grade Reading Time Calculator
Paste a passage to get its reading time for 3rd grade readers (138 words per minute), plus word, sentence and paragraph counts and Flesch–Kincaid readability — handy for planning lessons, assignments and timed reading. Runs entirely in your browser.
Reading Time calculator
Fairly easy (≈ grade 7)
| Reader | Silent | Aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Adults | 27 sec | 36 sec |
| High school (grades 9–12) | 23 sec | 36 sec |
| 8th grade | 26 sec | 36 sec |
| 7th grade | 28 sec | 36 sec |
| 6th grade | 29 sec | 37 sec |
| 5th grade | 31 sec | 37 sec |
| 4th grade | 34 sec | 41 sec |
| 3rd grade | 39 sec | 48 sec |
| 2nd grade | 47 sec | 54 sec |
| 1st grade | 1 min 8 sec | 1 min 30 sec |
| Speech / presentation | — | 42 sec |
How the time is estimated
Time = words ÷ words per minute. Adult default 200 wpm (a common planning figure; studies put adult silent reading of non-fiction nearer 240 wpm). Children's silent rates are the grade-level norms of Taylor, Frackenpohl & Pettee (1960), rounded. You can type your own words-per-minute figure for a specific class or reader.
Readability scores
Flesch Reading Ease (0–100, higher = easier) and the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level estimate how hard the text is from sentence length and syllables per word. Use them alongside your own judgement of vocabulary and background knowledge.
Reading Time at 138 words per minute
| Words | Time |
|---|---|
| 500 | 3 min 37 sec |
| 1,000 | 7 min 15 sec |
| 1,500 | 10 min 52 sec |
| 2,000 | 14 min 30 sec |
| 3,000 | 21 min 44 sec |
| 5,000 | 36 min 14 sec |