Transcript THE PURPOSE OF ACCELERATED READING

Presented by
Ms. Hardiman and Ms. Jasso
The purpose of
Accelerated Reader is
to enable powerful
reading practice.
Enable powerful
reading practice?
How?
*Provides data that helps the teacher
monitor students
*Reading practice
*Reading is personalized for every
student
*Encourages substantial amounts of
reading practice based on guidelines
*Makes reading practice fun by facilitating
successful encounters with text
*Encourages reading practice
What happens if kids don’t learn to
read and read well….
*More than one third of all juvenile offenders read below the fourth-grade level.
(Adolescent Literacy: A National Reading Crisis)
*Every school day in America, 3,000 students drop out—the majority of them are
poor readers. Students with below grade level reading skills are twice as likely to
drop out of school as those who can read on or above grade level.
(Adolescent Literacy: A National Reading Crisis)
*If the male graduation rate were increased by only 5 percent, the nation would
see an annual savings of $4.9 billion in crime-related costs. (Alliance for
Excellent Education)
And did you know……
*Boys lag behind girls in reading proficiency in all 50
states – (Center for Education Policy)
*Only 31 percent of college graduates have high
level literacy skills.
(2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, cited by
The New York Times)
Reading can make a difference!
*If a child reads as much as one million words per year, they
will be in top 2% of all children on standardized reading tests.
So, read 3,000 words per day!!!
*Students who read widely and frequently are higher
achievers than students who read
rarely and narrowly. (Scholastic: Classroom Libraries Work!)
*“Reading a lot” is one of the most powerful methods of
increasing fluency, vocabulary,
[and] comprehension. (Scholastic: Classroom Libraries Work!)
PERSONALIZE READING PRACTICE
• Administer STAR Reading assessments and locate initial
ZPDs.
• Explain ZPD to students. Make sure they write down their
ZPD and know how to use it.
• Give students their individualized point goals. Adjust goals
as needed for high ability readers, English language
learners, or students who are frequently absent.
• Understand that quiz-score averages of at least 85 percent
indicate students are reading in their ZPD.
• As needed, adjust the level of the books students are
reading so that they can achieve and maintain a high quiz
average.
Student Example
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 Last year as a 4th grader, (Danny)’s beginning of the
year Star test GE was a 2.3. This means he was reading
at a mid year 2nd grade level. Based on his GE, his ZPD
range was 2.0-3.0.
 (Danny) did not show any growth at the end of the
year (2.7) due to lack of monitoring as you will see….
PUT COMPREHENSION FIRST
• Ensure good comprehension by having students
read within a range of book levels that enables them
to average at least 85 percent on quizzes.
• Monitor student frequently.
• Teach comprehension strategies and reinforce them
during class lessons.
• Teach good quiz-taking strategies.
• Don’t overly restrict students’ book choices.
• Don’t emphasize points over comprehension.
Diagnostic Report
This report provides data on each student’s
progress toward goals as well as engaged time.
How to Access this reportClick on Accelerated Reader Enterprise
Click on Reports
Click on Reading Practice
Click on Diagnostic
You will be able to choose the date that you want
the report to reflect
Spread the Joy of Reading
Books are magical. They have the power to teach, to move,
and to enthrall. They transport us to faraway places, ignite our
imaginations, and challenge our minds. However, many
students have never had these experiences. They rarely
choose to read, and when they do, it is unrewarding, either
because reading is too hard or because it does not invoke an
emotional or intellectual response. The fundamental mission of
Accelerated Reader is to bring the joy of reading to every
student. We have seen, over and over again, that once
students experience the magic of reading, they willingly and
happily read. In fact, you can’t stop them from reading, and
their reading skills grow dramatically. That’s why, at its heart,
Accelerated Reader is not about the quizzes, the points, or the
technology. It’s about turning kids on to books.
There is no better way to acquaint students with the pleasures
of reading than to read to them, and we recommend you do
that regularly. For primary-grade students, listening to books
read aloud is, of course, one of the beginning steps in learning
to read, but even high-school students love this activity.
When you read aloud to students, you introduce them to books
they might not yet be
able to read independently, expose them to new genres and
authors, and build their
desire to enhance their skills. Good books “sell” reading.
Reading aloud also enables you to teach and model
comprehension strategies, such as visualizing, making
predictions, previewing, questioning, clarifying, and
summarizing. It also presents good opportunities for class
discussions on vocabulary, characterization, plot, and other
literary elements.