Click on the link below to access the Accelerated Reader program. Refer to the instructions below on how to utilize the program. Students have been given usernames and passwords to access the Accelerated Reader program from home. This will allow them the ability to complete a comprehension quiz on a book that they just finished reading. We have a specific confirmation form to be filled out to verify a) that the book that your son or daughter took a quiz on was not a book that they previously read, b) that they took the test without directly checking answers from the book, and c) the book is in their ZPD range (reading ability range, as established by the STAR test recently taken). For each book for which a quiz is successfully taken, with a score of 80% or higher, students will earn points toward their individual quarterly and yearly reading goals. Specific classroom-based incentives will be linked to meeting of these goals. A student is only able to take a test on a particular book 1 time in order to receive a passing score.
 https://hosted108.renlearn.com/2410825/default.htm
An optional site to check for books on the AR book list is http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
Instructions to Accessing Accelerated Reader:
Dear Parents,
Everyone should now be able to access Accelerated Reader with your username and password. Remember that your username is the first letter of the student's first name, plus the first four letters of the student's last name. so, if my name were Joe Dimaggio, my username would be jdima. Everyone's password is currently set as abc. I have included instructions below on how to check if a book title is on Accelerated Reader, prior to a student starting to read a book, as well as instructions on how to take a quiz, after a book has been read. Points earned through Accelerated Reader assist students in moving toward both their trimester and yearly reading goals. Soon I will have more information added to the class website regarding the Walk Across America goal and the individualized reading goals, which I described briefly at the Back-to-School night. With the exception of a couple of new students, everyone should have received the results of a recent STAR reading test for their child. This form allows you to see your son's or daughter's current reading level and their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development). The ZPD is the reading range within which a student should be selecting books. You can find the grade level of a particular book, by looking up the title on Accelerated Reader. Please let me know if you have any questions with any of this or if you are having difficulty logging in, etc... Thanks and have a great Labor Day weekend! Brian Burson Inland Leaders Charter School ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to Accelerated Reader through the following link (https://hosted108.renlearn.com/2410825/default.htm) or find the link on our class website (http://sites.google.com/site/ilcs6th/). As soon as you log in as a student it will bring you to the screen below. STEP 1 To take a reading quiz, after completing a book, select "Take a Quiz"
STEP 2 On the next screen select "Take a Reading Practice Quiz"
Class: Grade 6, Whitlock/Burson, 2008-2009 Take a Reading Practice Quiz STEP 3 On this screen type search for the book read by either the author or the title of the book. This is the spot where you can also use to search out if a book ison Accelerated Reader, before a student starts a new book. Select a Reading Practice Quiz
STEP 4 After finding the title, click on the title of the book (in blue).
STEP 5 Click on the "Read Independently" link. Step 6 At this point you can confirm that you want to take this quiz by clicking yes. PARENTS: After your son or daughter has completed the quiz, please fill out the Parent Confirmation slip, confirming that a) your son or daughter has not read this book before, b) did not check the book for answers when taking the quiz, and c) the book is in your child's reading range, as established by the STAR reading test results (i.e,. their ZPD). Passing on these quizzes is 80%. Have your son or daughter bring the parent confirmation form to school, so that they can receive credit for their book. Congratulations! You have succesfully utilized the Accelerated Reader program! You are that much closer to your 6th grade reading goals! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
