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Accelerated Reader :

Accelerated Reader :. A New Dimension. What is Accelerated Reader ?. A software program that helps manage reading practice, monitor daily progress and plan instruction. 1. Step One: Choose A Book. Fiction Non-Fiction. Step Two: Read a Book. 2. 3. Step Three: Take a Test.

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Accelerated Reader :

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  1. Accelerated Reader: A New Dimension

  2. What is Accelerated Reader? A software program that helps manage reading practice, monitor daily progress and plan instruction.

  3. 1 Step One: Choose A Book Fiction Non-Fiction

  4. Step Two: Read a Book 2

  5. 3 Step Three: Take a Test

  6. Web-based Accelerated Reader Program What Is Renaissance Place?

  7. Why Use Best Practices? • Build strong, confident, enthusiastic readers • Create a culture of reading across your school. • Increase library circulation.

  8. Create an AR Team • Principals • Teachers • Librarians • Coordinators

  9. Team Roles

  10. Top Ten Things You Need to Do toEnsure Reading Success for ALLStudents

  11. Stages of Implementation 1. Getting Started (Steps 1-3) 2. Establishing Routines and Monitoring Progress (Steps 4-7) 3. Diagnosing Problems, Setting Goals, and Motivating Students (Steps 8-10)

  12. Accelerated Reader Ten Best Classroom Practices

  13. What Happens in an AR Classroom? • Motivation • Daily Monitoring & Guidance • Time for Guided Reading Practice • Immediate Feedback

  14. What Happens in an AR Library? • Support reading practice and student goals • Provide easy access to books • Acquire books to match ZPD interests, and instructional needs • Assess collection and respond to needs

  15. AR Refresher Have you been using AR to its full capacity?

  16. Accelerated Reader Literacy Skills QuizzesVocabulary Quizzes,AR Bookfinder, Home Connect Dashboard

  17. What are Best Practices? Teaching strategies that maximize the power of Accelerated Reader - lead to reading growth for every student.

  18. Best Classroom Practices Understand Accelerated Reader

  19. Common AR Terms • ZPD • ATOS • Reading Logs • Status of Class • Points • Percent of Goal • TOPS

  20. Best Classroom Practices Understand STAR Reading Assessments

  21. STAR Reading • Computer-based assessment of a student’s overall reading ability • Norm and criterion referenced • Identifies individual reading ranges • Measures growth • Administered a few times a year

  22. STAR Reading • Provides a grade-equivalent (GE) reading level and identifies a “ZPD” • Gives you a starting point • Each test takes about 10 minutes • Provide a quiet, nondisruptive test environment (try computer lab)

  23. Key Reports Diagnostic—gives a student’s test results Reading Range—suggests a reading range (ZPD) for each student ( good for teacher) STAR Growth—shows progress for a group of students over time

  24. Test Design • Multiple-choice questions • 20-25 in-context vocabulary items • 5 text passages for grades 3-up • Question difficulty based on previous answers (computer-adaptive)

  25. STAR Early Literacy • Computer-based assessment for students not yet reading independently • Criterion referenced • Measures growth in 41 early-literacy skills • Helps tailor instruction • Can be administered monthly

  26. Plan Your Testing Schedule STAR Reading • Two or three times in a school year STAR Early Literacy • At least three to five times this school year • Can administer monthly

  27. AR Keeps Track • Quiz Scores • Points earned • Book levels

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