Accelerated Reader Chatboard

Karenb As I understand the AR program the goals are dual - to encourage reading at each child's individual level, and promote comprehension through testing. Our school requires that the children maintain an 85% comprehension score through the nine weeks in addition to achieving the point total. This increases to 90% in grade 4. Additionally, each student ...See More

Nov 2, 2010

List of Privilege Rewards for AR Milestones

by Robin

Sep 20, 2010

lease help me add to this list. I am trying to think of privilege rewards that don't cost money to motivate my students for AR.

1. computer time 2. sit at the teacher's desk for a day 3. sit with your friend for the day 4. homework pass

Help! I need more!

Question About Management

by New to AR

Oct 12, 2010

Hello, my school has adopted AR and this is my first time using it. I only have one computer (!) with 34 students, so I'm not sure how I'm going to manage it. any ideas?

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Ima Teacher I have two computers and anywhere from 20-32 students per class period. It's not been an issue. Students just watch to see when a computer is available and take a test. They don't really need an assistance, and usually no more than 4-5 students per day will test.

Oct 13, 2010

Cindy On 10/13/10, Ima Teacher wrote: > I have two computers and anywhere from 20-32 students per > class period. It's not been an issue. Students just watch > to see when a computer is available and take a test. They > don't really need an assistance, and usually no more than 4-5 > students per day will test.

What has worked at ...See More

Oct 21, 2010

How to post goals in class

by Jessica

Oct 14, 2010

HI! I am a first year teacher. I am required to have AR in my class. This is fine, but how do I post students' goals and acheivements in the class when all of the students have different goals and milestones?? Please help me! Thank you!

Ima Teacher You never want to post a student's goal in public. That's against confidentiality. Now, if you'd like to post that a student has met a goal, then that's fine. If I need 10 points, and I get all 10, I'd be able to post that I've met my point goal. If you need 50 points, and you get all 50, you've be albe to post that you've met your point goal. That...See More

Oct 15, 2010

Reading Series, no points awarded

by Cindy

Oct 21, 2010

The Reading Series, Journeys 2011, has tests, but those tests do not award the students points. Our students are very upset. We have used other series that allow the students to earn a half a point for the stories. Any suggestions of how to persuade Renaissance Learning to change their policy?

Deb ms/IA Can you transfer the already established quizzes to teacher made quizzes? Thats what I did to the Cobblestone magazine stories. It was a shame when they read those stories that they didn't get credit for them. SO I copied their questions down and made them into teacher made quizzes. I would do that now for the series I have if we still had AR. ...See More

Oct 23, 2010

I don't understand why my childs teacher is restricting what books my child can get from the library. My child is in third grade and reads at a 6th grade or higher level. My child has followed all her teachers guidelines, and after she meets and exceeds the goals set out before her she tries to get higher level books. The teacher then tells her to ...See More

Question

by Trying to understand

Oct 29, 2010

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actually happens quite a lot. nfm On 12/15/10, The Masked Avenger wrote: > There is no such thing as "too high in accuracy". The program used > to say that 85% accuracy was the goal, and that meant that students > were being challenged enough. Several years ago they changed it to > 85% or higher. Some kids will always strive to reach 100%. At some > point they are r...See More

Dec 15, 2010

That's NUTS! We have used AR for 15 years at our school, quite successfully, and I have NEVER heard of forcing a child to take a test on a book he/she hadn't read. What kind of crazy policy is that?????? Learn to use the program properly or don't bother.

On 12/15/10, actually happens quite a lot. nfm wrote: > On 12/15/10, The Masked Avenger wrote: ...See More

Dec 16, 2010

AR audio books ?

by Coach B

Nov 1, 2010

Does anyone know of a source for free online audio books at about a 5-7 grade level? I have some SpEd kids that need to follow along with a reader but still want to participate in AR.

to Coach B I get them at the public library

On 11/01/10, Coach B wrote: > Does anyone know of a source for free online audio books at > about a 5-7 grade level? I have some SpEd kids that need to > follow along with a reader but still want to participate in AR.

Nov 2, 2010

How do you set a goal?

by JO

Nov 2, 2010

I use AR in my 7th grade English classes. At this time, it is required that students earn 45 points to get an "A" in AR which is 10% of their English grade. This is school wide for 7th grade. I like the idea of giving students individual goals, however, based on their reading levels on the STAR. How do I set them?

Here's the chart. Your school is using it incorrectly now.

You must set individual goals for each student. The attached chart will help you do that.

If you are using it as a grade, you must use it in accordance with the AR guidelines. You may count a grade for percent of point goal earned and quiz average. These two grades should count no more th...See More

Nov 4, 2010

Latest AR Research Review

by Mark Pennington

Nov 7, 2010

According to the United States Department of Education Institute for Educational Sciences (IES What Works Clearinghouse, August 2010), "Accelerated Reader™ was found to have no discernible effects on reading fluency or comprehension for adolescent learners." Here is the link for your review: [link removed]

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if you really cared If you really cared about having just teachers post you would go to a board that required registration. On 11/09/10, *roll eyes* wrote: > Well, it seems like teachers SHOULD have a right to be on > a TEACHERS board to discuss TEACHER things without PARENTS > butting in and telling us how to do our jobs. > > On 11/08/10, A Parent wrot...See More

Nov 12, 2010

A Parent It seems that if TEACHERS are truely interested in TEACHING and if it's all about the kids, then why shouldn't they LISTEN to the Parents?

Then again , they don't listen to renlearn's recommendations on how to run the AR program, so why would the teachers listen to the parents?

On 11/09/10, *roll eyes* wrote: > Well, it seems ...See More

Nov 12, 2010