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Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader. Holding Students Accountable for the Habit of Reading. Vicki Mentzer, LMS Gettysburg Area Middle School, GASD PSLA April 2010. WELCOME!. K-3 or Primary 4-5 or Elementary 6-8 or Middle 9-12 / HS Other. Do you currently use AR?. Yes No. To what extent . . . ?.

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Accelerated Reader

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  1. Accelerated Reader Holding Students Accountable for the Habit of Reading Vicki Mentzer, LMS Gettysburg Area Middle School, GASD PSLA April 2010

  2. WELCOME! • K-3 or Primary • 4-5 or Elementary • 6-8 or Middle • 9-12 / HS • Other

  3. Do you currently use AR? • Yes • No

  4. To what extent . . . ? • Buy individual titles • AR Enterprise • STAR • Building only • District-wide • Elementary only

  5. What is AR?

  6. Which beginning reading programs does your school / district use? • Read Naturally • Wilson Reading • Success for All • Ladders to Literacy • Reading Recovery • Kaplan SpellRead • Other • Don’t know

  7. Comprehension: Average Improvement Figure 3. Comprehension: average improvement

  8. General reading achievement: average improvement

  9. The Power of Reading:Insights from the Researchby Stephen D. Krashen Direct Reading Instruction versus Free Voluntary Reading (FVR)

  10. What Free Voluntary Reading Program(s) does your school or district use? • SSR • DEAR • WAR • Other • None

  11. P_A_T_C_ • A A P J • R C I E • O A H J • A E B K

  12. S_L_-_E_E_T_O_ • R N O V M U K • A W B A B G X • E F S L C I N • I D B G S I Q

  13. Recommended Number of Books

  14. GAMS example

  15. AR is Powerful Practice • Right level of difficulty • Shoe sizes and styles • Lexiles, reading levels for books • Cover a sufficient amount of time • PA RWSL Standards 25 books per year • Be guided by the instructor • AR doesn’t teach students to read; the teacher teaches students to read • AR supports and enhances basal-reader series and/or other instructional materials. It does not replace them. • Be enjoyable enough to sustain • FVR

  16. ZPD Zone of Proximal Development

  17. ZPD, BL, IL, and Points • Hank the Cowdog BL 4.5 MG 3 points • The Sun Also Rises BL 4.4 UG 10 points • Arthur Throws a Tantrum BL 4.9 LG

  18. Focus on Comprehension • Avoid these problems with points: • Students choosing inappropriate books • Less skilled readers remain handicapped • Students are very tempted to cheat • Instead, set personalized point goals taking into account each student’s ability level • Avoid strictly controlling students’ choices within their ZPD

  19. Focus on Comprehension • From a student’s viewpoint • Student quiz • Student record • Home Connect • Facebook fanclubs

  20. What do we do to create a Climate of Reading?

  21. Bibliography • Getting Results with Accelerated Reader. http://www.renlearn.com/RTC/Product.asp • Krashen, Stephen D. The Power of Reading : Insights from the Research. 2nd edition. 2004. • Research Summary : Summarizes more than 240 studies and independent reviews from the What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center for Reading Research, among others. September 2007 edition. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Renaissance Learning. 2007. http://www.renlearn.com/research • What Works Clearinghouse. <http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/beginning_reading/topic/>

  22. Student Response Systems andPresentation Tools • http://www.turningtechnologies.com • http://www.renlearn.com/2Know • http://www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.16333 • http://www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.16000

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