Parents-Use AR Home Connect to access your student's AR progress. |
Accelerated Reader at PeasePease's AR program allows teachers to monitor student practice and progress in reading. Through dialogue with each student, teachers set individual goals for all members of their class. Students use this information to select books with an appropriate degree of difficulty for their ability. After selecting a book of interest, students take a quiz that tests their comprehension of the book. A report is generated after each test that allows the teacher to discuss the results with the student and decide if the child is being challenged too little or too much by that level book. By providing these progress reports and working toward goals, the student is able to take ownership of his/her reading growth.
Pease has AR tests available for many books in our library and distinguishes these books by placing a label inside the front cover of the book (on the card pocket). With each visit to the library, students are asked to select a 'just-right' homework book and a free choice book of their interest (any level). This ensures that students can practice at the appropriate level so they are challenged, but not frustrated by their book, but allows them to explore subjects they are curious about as well. By taking an AR test, the student has the opportunity to earn points, which reflect the amount of time they have spent practicing their reading. Books begin at 0.5 point and increase in point value as the difficulty of the book and the length increase. |
Students can also choose a 'just-right' books from their classroom library, the public library or from home. Since books from other places will not be labeled with level information, work with your student to look up the level of their chosen book using Accelerated Reader's book finder. If you find that book on this website, then your child can take a quiz on it at school after they've finished reading it. http://www.arbookfind.com/ AR tests are now accessible from any computer in our school that is connected to the internet. Each student has a log in to access his/her account, where their personal reading information is saved. Teachers on campus can also 'award' points to students for reading books without a quiz if the student can demonstrate comprehension of the book.
Keep in mind that students may only take each quiz one time. Through the 'Parent Connect' feature of AR, families can log in from home and see their child's reading progress, or be reminded of which quizzes their student has taken in the past. |
Home Connect- Set up email notifications when your student takes an AR quiz.
https://Hosted230.renlearn.com/240003/HomeConnect
(Ask your child's teacher or the librarians for login information for Home Connect-
-the username and password is the same your student uses to log-in)
An explanation of the levels
The whole number refers to the approximate grade level of the book.
The decimal represents how far into that year a reader has developed.
For example:
3.1 refers to an average third grader in their first month of school.
3.9 refers to an average third grader in their ninth month of school. (*keep in mind that these levels are not exact for everyone, so your child may not need to practice at the exact level that correlates to their grade level, the teacher uses assessments to place the child at the best level for them to grow as a reader.)
Each student's reading level will be a RANGE, not a set number. For example, your child's teacher may recommend books between a 2.5 and 3.5 for their practice, and eventually increase that range to 3.0-4.0 later in the year.
The decimal represents how far into that year a reader has developed.
For example:
3.1 refers to an average third grader in their first month of school.
3.9 refers to an average third grader in their ninth month of school. (*keep in mind that these levels are not exact for everyone, so your child may not need to practice at the exact level that correlates to their grade level, the teacher uses assessments to place the child at the best level for them to grow as a reader.)
Each student's reading level will be a RANGE, not a set number. For example, your child's teacher may recommend books between a 2.5 and 3.5 for their practice, and eventually increase that range to 3.0-4.0 later in the year.