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Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader. Mr. Pascascio Los Angeles Academy Middle School. What is Accelerated Reader?. Accelerated Reader is a computer program that helps us keep track of our reading.

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Accelerated Reader

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  1. Accelerated Reader Mr. Pascascio Los Angeles Academy Middle School

  2. What is Accelerated Reader? • Accelerated Reader is a computer program that helps us keep track of our reading. • Most books in the library have a blue sticker on them. If a book has a blue AR sticker, it means the computers have a quiz about that book. • That’s great news because the quizzes make it easier for us to keep track of how many words we’ve read!

  3. How Does It Work? • Find a book within your reading range. • After reading the book, take an AR quiz. Each book has a quiz with 5, 10, or 20 questions (based on the length of the book). The questions are about events that took place in the story. • Quizzes are worth a certain amount of points based on the length of the book. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss • 0.5 points (booo!) Holes by Louis Sachar • 7.0 points (yay!) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling • 44.0 points (WOW!)

  4. How Does It Work? (cont.) • If you pass the test (at least 60% of the questions right), points are added to your score. • Note: If you don’t pass a test, you may not retake it unless you have a good reason for failing. (For example: “The bell rang and I didn’t have time to finish.”) • The AR program keeps track of how many points you’ve earned and how many words you’ve read throughout the school year. • That makes it real easy to see yourself getting closer and closer to 1,000,000 WORDS!!!

  5. Why Should I Read 1,000,000 Words? • The more you read, the better you become at reading. • The better you become at reading, the better you’ll do in school. • The better you do in school, the better chance you have of going to college. • Going to college leads to more job options and, if you want, more money.

  6. Why Should I Read? (flowchart) You become better at reading. You read. You do better in school. You go to college. You get any job you want and make more money.

  7. Statistics From Jefferson High School • Total Enrollment: 3,815 students • Total Graduates: 575 students (15%) • Total Drop-Outs: 345 students (9%) • Total Graduates Prepared to attend college (UC or CSU school): 302 students (8%) • A lot of kids around here don’t go on to college. Let’s change that!

  8. Why Should I Care About College? • Yearly salaries for different levels of education • High school drop-out: $20,592 • High school graduate: $28,808 • College graduate: $46,800 • A college graduate makes over $26,000 more than a high school drop-out every year. That’s over $1,000,000 more over the average lifetime. March 2003: Bureau of the Census - http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab7.htm

  9. That’s Great, But That’s Years Away. What Do I Get NOW? Free In-N-Out Burgers. (August) Free pizza certificates from Pizza Hut. (September – April) An invitation to a Million Word Readers Only Field Trip at the end of the school year. (April) Free books from Mr. Pascascio. (All Year) Million Word Parties on Fridays. (January – April) Awards to take home to show your parents. (All Year) Pencils and lanyards from the school. (April) Bragging rights around campus. Everyone knows Million Word Readers are the coolest kids at LA Academy. (Forever!)

  10. Now we’re talking. How does AR help me get some pizza and a field trip? • After you take a quiz, the points from the quiz and the words from the book are added to your total. • After each quiz, you should use your test log to record the book you took a quiz on as well as how many points you earned. • Each week, a new printout will be displayed in the classroom that will let you know what your word count and point total are.

  11. How To Take An AR Test Open the Accelerated Reader – Student program

  12. How To Take An AR Test Scroll through the list of teachers until you find your teacher and period.

  13. How To Take An AR Test Find your name by doing 1 of the following: • Scroll through the list of names until you find yours • Type the first 3 letters of your last name then click ok

  14. How To Take An AR Test Enter your 6-digit password.

  15. How To Take An AR Test Select “Take Reading Practice Quizzes” Note – If you ever want to look up your testing record for the school year, select “View Student Record Report”.

  16. How To Take An AR Test A list of books appears. Find the book you read by doing 1 of the following • Click “Title” then type the FIRST word of the title. (Note: If “the”, “a”, or “an” is the first word, use the second word.) • Click “Author” then type the last name of the author. Highlight the name of your book then click “Take Quiz”.

  17. How To Take An AR Test Highlight the way your read the book and select “OK”.

  18. How To Take An AR Test You have one last chance to make any changes. If you selected the wrong book or you see you don’t have enough time for your quiz, the next screen is your last chance to cancel a quiz. If everything is fine, click “Yes”. If you don’t want to take the quiz, click “No”.

  19. How To Take An AR Test Also record the total points you have earned all year. When you are done with your test, the score summary screen will appear. Record the points possible and the points you earned on your AR Testing Record.

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