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Accelerated Reader Newsletter
September 17, 2008
The PTA is
excited to begin our 7th year of providing the Accelerated Reader
(AR) program. AR is a reading program that students may use as an
individual challenge or for personal enrichment. The AR program is
completely optional. With all the upgrades to the school and the
new library and computer systems, the AR program is starting a
little later than normal. Thank you for your patience. AR is
expected to start on Tuesday, September 23rd. The first reporting
period for the official monthly award winners will be for the end of
October.
Guidelines
Deer Creek
Elementary students in grades 1-6 will automatically be enrolled in
AR.
Students
can pick any book from the school library that has a blue sticker on
the spine that indicates it is an AR book. The book will also have
a white label showing the reading level for the book and the number
of points it is worth. For example, a book level of 1.4 indicates
it is a 1st grade reading level. Students can also
choose books from the teacher’s classroom or from home as long as
the book is on the Deer Creek AR list. There are over 4000 books
currently on the list ranging from reading levels of 0.3 to 11.8 and
point levels of 0.5 to 44. Check out the PTA website (www.deercreekpta.org/AR/ar.htm
- the previous page) to see the list of books that have
quizzes.
Students may
read the books themselves or be read to by an adult such as a
teacher or parent. No movies, videos, Cliff Notes, or abridged
versions may be substituted for reading the entire book. After the
book is completely read, the student may take the quiz on a
networked computer in a classroom, the library, or the computer
lab. The classroom teachers will make every effort to allot time in
the day for the students to take quizzes during the regular school
day. In addition, the students may take quizzes in the computer lab
in the morning prior to school. The current plan is to have an AR
volunteer there two times a week to help the younger students. Quiz
taking may be available in the library in a few weeks.
The student will
log onto the AR program with their name and password. Passwords
will be the same ones that are used in the computer lab. Students
should never log onto another student’s ID. In the case of 1st
graders, the quiz questions and answers may be read to the student
but the answer must be the student’s. Any student can be given help
reading a particular word on the quiz. If the student does not know
the answer they must make their best guess from the four choices
provided. No student shall receive any help from the book, teacher,
student or any other source on any quiz answer selection.
A student must
“pass” the quiz to receive points for that book. To pass a 5 or 10
question quiz, a score of 60% is required. For a 20 question quiz,
a score of 65% is required. Students may not take a quiz more than
one time on any book while they attend Deer Creek Elementary.
Extenuating circumstances should be brought to attention of the AR
representative (e.g., wrong quiz chosen). Immediately after
completing the quiz, the student will see the percentage they
answered correctly and the number of points they earned. They can
also check their cumulative points for the year.
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