Accelerated
Reader (AR) is a reading management software used by students
all over the world. This program provides teachers with
an effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading
practice. And with Accelerated Reader Renaissance Place,
teachers get even more detailed, objective data to target
instruction and ensure success for every student, regardless
of level, from emergent reader to college prep! Bonne Ecole
is committed to the Reading Renaissance Plan which focuses
on growth for each child no matter the level.
Each
nine weeks the students will be tested using the STAR Reading
program. This is a 25 question timed test on the computer
which tracks the growth of each student. (Students with
extended time on their IEP will be given the appropriate
environment for success.) The classroom teacher will then
conference with each student to determine an appropriate
level for reading growth. The RR program provides timely,
accurate, objective information that is used to personalize
instruction for each child. Students are continuously guided
to appropriate books within their zone of proximal development
(ZPD). This assures that every student is challenged without
being frustrated.
AR
books in the Bonne Ecole Elementary Library are colored
coded for easy selection. You can assess the link on the school page (http://bonneecoleelementary.stpsb.org)
and the school library webpage (www.bookladymel.com).
Guiding
students to appropriate-level books is now much easier and
more accurate than ever before because Accelerated Reader
uses the ATOS Readability Formula for Books. ATOS eliminates
many of the problems educators have always had with existing
readability formulas. ATOS is the first formula to include
statistics from actual student book-reading (over 30,000
students, reading almost 1,000,000 books), not just data
based on short test passages.
