I encourage ALL of the students in my classroom to participate in the Accelerated Reader program. This is a wonderful school wide program that helps with both reading fluency and comprehension. They are given points for correct answers on a short quiz after reading a book. Students need to know how to read the book and the questions on the test without help. If they can’t, that means the book is too hard for them. They will be able to check out books from me and our school library. There are also many titles available for check out at the public library.
We have a fun picnic AR theme in our classroom this year. When students start earning points they can win prizes from our classroom. They will move along a fun picnic path accumulating fake food for their ant. This usually make the kids motivated to read more.
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If you have any books you may be getting rid of, please let me know. I am always taking donations for our classroom library.