I was taught speed reading in fifth and sixth grade! Did we go to the same school? A small community country school with wonderful teachers who taught life along with studies. My sixth teacher pushed reading. He read the town's newspaper every day out loud even the obits! We discussed the oldest of the obits and what they would have witnessed in their years on earth and how grateful we should be to live to see the wonders coming in our lifetime. We had reading comprehension along with speed reading. We had to read out loud too using feeling in our voice. I loved grade school. The next year we had to go to the big high school. No middle school then.