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Accelerated Reading Program (AR) is a school wide
program that encourages reading.
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The first thing students need to do to get into AR is read at least five of our
supplemental readers that your child received at the beginning of the year - or if they
begin the school year reading level F in our guided reading books.
The next step is for your child to take a STAR test which gives me their reading level.
If they score 1.0 or higher they can begin AR testing. The STAR test is actually quite
difficult. It is a timed test and your child has to be able to read questions and answer
with the correct answer (all this is done on the computer).
Once your child passes the STAR test, they will begin bringing home an AR book from the
library. Your job is to listen to your child read their book and then ask them questions.
Please make sure your child knows all the words in the book. Once you feel they are
ready, (this does not have to be the next day), they can bring the book back to school
and test on it. (If the book is too hard, they DON'T HAVE TO TEST!!) Then they go
back to the library and get another book. The test consists of five multiple choice
questions and assesses the student's comprehension of the book.
Students are rewarded if they meet their individual goal which is determined by how well
they do on the STAR test. If they meet their goal with 85% accuracy, then they are
rewarded with a sticker on our chart. Please keep in mind that most of the quizzes only
have five questions. If your child misses one question, that is 80% accuracy - it's OK
sometimes, but if they continuously miss one question, their accuracy will not be 85%.
This year, the library has changed the reward system. Students in grade one, will need
to earn 75 points or more with 85% accuracy in comprehension to receive a trophy at the
end of the year. Students earning at least 50 points will earn a medal. This is great for
our students who don't start AR at the beginning of the year.
**Our goal is to make life long readers! If your child is already a reader and is getting
stressed out by AR - please do not push them. Let them read the books that interest
them - AR or not. Meeting their goal and getting points and so on is not as important as
learning that reading is fun! I actually encourage all AR readers to pick other books of
interest as well as AR books - please do the same.
Remember it only takes 15 minutes of reading a night to make your child a successful
reader. Let's make it a positive experience.
Press on the link below to find out what tests we have for AR books.
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Press on me to find
our AR list.
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