Accelerated Reader, or AR, is a computer-based program that schools use to monitor students' reading practice and progress. It helps teachers track each individual student's reading and assists in guiding students to books they can read successfully themselves. Accelerated Reader motivates students to read more by giving them the opportunity to choose their own books that are "just-right" for them.
Students are motivated to read books at their reading level, and take the short, multiple-choice quiz provided for the story. Each quiz that a student takes on one of their books checks to see if they fully understood what they were reading, and awards points towards their AR goal. In addition, students are encouraged to reach their goal by the end of the trimester, and may continue to take the reading quizzes to exceed their goal. In second grade, students were hard at work this trimester during their 30-minute silent reading time to work towards their individual AR goals.
At the end of each trimester, we hold a special BBQ for students who reached 250% of their AR goal. Students eat in the teachers' lounge with their classmates and other students from throughout the school. This trimester we had eight students from our second grade class attend the AR BBQ, which means they read two and a half times more books to reach 250% of their AR goal. Way to go, Goodrich readers!
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