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Roseburn Primary SchoolDream Believe Achieve
AcceleratedReadingAGuideforParents
AcceleratedReader:AGuideforParents
AllP4toP7pupilstakepartintheAcceleratedReaderprogramme,whichisdesignedtodothefollowingthings:• Basedontheprinciplethat”practisemakes
perfect”• Findbooksthataretherightabilityforyour
child• Encourageyourchildtoreadmore• Improveyourchild’sreadingability.
OurJourneytoImproveReading
• IntroducedPMbenchmarkinglevelstoallschoolreadingbooks
• StaffTraining• Upgradedlibrarysystem• Re-stockedourlibrary• Staffedourlibraryafterschool
Howitworks…• AtthestartoftheyeareverystudenttookaStarTest,whichisa
computer-basedtestthatmeasuresastudent’sreadingabilitythroughaseriesof34questions.
• Everytestforeverystudentisdifferent,andthecomputerselectsdifferentquestionsforeachstudentdependentonhowwelltheyanswerthepreviousquestions.Essentially,thecomputeradaptsthetesttosuityoursonordaughter.
• Oncethestudenthascompletedthetest,theyarethengivenaZPDscorebytheirteacher.
• TheStarTesthelpsustotrackreadinggrowthandiscarriedoutquarterly
HowSTARtestswork1) Thestudentmusttaketheirtime.Itisrecommendedthateach
childshouldspendatleast 20minutes ontheirtests.Studentsareusedtoworkingquicklyintimedconditions,butduringaSTARtestitisaboutconcentration,focusandcarefulreading.
2) Studentsshouldnotguessanswerstoquestions.Instead,theyshouldwaitforthequestiontotimeout.Thisistoensurethecomputerisnotgivenafalseimpressionofthestudent’sreadingability.
3) Testsaredoneinexamconditionswithoutanyhelpfromotherstudentsortheteacher.
AZPDscoreisgiventoyourchildaftercompletingthe
STARtestZPDistwonumbersthatthestudentusestochoosetheirnextreadingbook.
Thelowestnumberisthelowestlevelofbookthestudentshouldbechoosing.
Thehighestnumberisthehighestlevelofbookthestudentshouldbechoosing.
StudentskeeparecordofalltheirZPDsintheirplannersorexercisebooks.
AnewSTARtesttakesplacequarterly,sostudentscanseeimprovementsintheirreadingability,butalsochoosemorechallengingbooks.
3.2– 4.6Lowestnumber
Highestnumber
AlltheARbooksintheschoollibraryarecolour-codedtohelpthestudentfindtherightone.
0.0to1.9
2to2.9
3to3.9
4to4.9
5to5.9
6andabove
Studentsshouldonlychoosebookswithintheirnumbersandthecoloursmakeiteasierforthemtochoosetherightbook.
ARQuizzesAquizisdifferenttoaSTARtestbecausestudentsonlytakeaquizafter theyhavefinished abook.
Thereareusuallyabout10questionsonthebookthathasbeenread.Attheendofthequizthestudentsaregivenapercentagetoshowthemhowwelltheyhavedone.
Therearesomeimportantrulesfortakingquizzes:
1) Thebookthechildisquizzedonmustbeabooktheyhavereadinthelasttwoweeks.ARisnotamemorytestbutrathermeasuringreadingability.
2) Astudentcannottakeaquizuntiltheyhavereadtheentiretext.
3) Quizzesmustbedoneindividually,notwithanyone’shelp.
Feedback
• Theclassteacherwillgothroughhowwellyourchildisdoingandwhattheyneedtodotogetbetteratreading.
• Teachersensurestudentsarereadingtherightlevelandtypeofbooks.
• Thecomputercantellteachersveryspecificinformationaboutyourchild’sreadingdevelopment.Forinstance,itcanevenexplainhowmanyminutesadayyourchildisreading.
“Howmuchshouldmychildreadeachday?”
• AccordingtoRenaissanceLearning’sresearch,childrenwhoreadatleast 20minutesadaywitha90%comprehensionrateonARquizzesseethegreatestgains.
• Therefore,yourchildshouldhaveatleast20minutessetasideforreadingduringday.
• Classteacherssetasidededicatedreadingtimeinschool
• Readingshouldalsobedoneathome
• Aswithanything,performanceimproveswithpractice.
“HowcanIhelp?”
• Encourageyourchildtoreadathome.• Createacultureofreadinginyourhouseholdby
readingwithyourchild,startingahomelibrary,visitingyourlocallibrary,charityshoporbookshoponaregularbasisandbylettingyourchildseeyoureading.
• Whenreadingwithyourchildstopandaskquestionstobesureyourchildcomprehendswhattheyhavereadandingeneralmakeahabitofdiscussingbooksthateachofyouhasread.
HowwillIknowhowmychildisdoing?
• Youcanaccessyourchild’sARinformationinRenaissancePlaceHomeConnectfromanyweb-enabledcomputer.
• Onceintheprogramme,youcanviewyourchild’sprogresstowardstargets,pointsandbooksread.
• YoucanalsoaccessARBookFinder tosearchfortitlesofinterest.
• Youcanonlyaccessinformationaboutyourownchild.
Lastbookreadandquizzedon.Include%correctandpointsearnedfrombook.
Averagequizscore
Pointsearned
Averagebooklevel.
Yourchild’sbookshelf
ARBookFind.co.uk
It’snotjustbooksfromtheschoollibrarythatstudentscanread,theycanreadbooksfromhomeandtakequizzesonthem!
YoucanuseARBookFind.co.uktocheckwhetheryourchild’scurrentbookisonAcceleratedReader.
CanachildwhoisnotastrongreaderstilluseAcceleratedReader?
• AcceleratedReaderhelpsallchildrenbecomebetterreadersfrompupil,regardlessofinitialability.
• Whenchildrenreadbooksattheirappropriatelevel,theyexperiencesuccess.
• Furthermore,teachersworkwithchildrentosetappropriatetargetsbasedoneachchild’sreadinglevel.
AnyQuestions?