Accelerated Reader AR

1

• Accelerated Reader (AR)
• Philipsburg-Osceola Area
• Senior High School
• Contact Mrs. Rebecca Kohute
• Senior High Librarian

2
What isAccelerated Reader?

• AR is a reading practice program designed to
  allow more personalized effective reading
  choices based on students interests and
  appropriate reading levels.

3
Where Should I begin?

• Browse the shelves and select a book with a blue
  label. (All Senior High Library Accelerated
  Reader books have a blue label on the spine.)
• Use the librarys electronic catalog to locate a
  certain type of book (Ex. Family)

4
Accelerated Reader Book Point Values

• Each book is worth a certain number of points
  based on reading level word count.
• Example Al Capone Does My Shirts has a reading
  level of 3.5 (and the word count is 49509). Its
  point value is 7.
• Most quizzes have 10 questions (some have 20
  questions).

Wonderful book!
5
Accelerated Reader Book Point Values

• Reading levels and point values for each book can
  be found
• In the white binder in the library
• ONLINE on Mrs. Kohutes POSH
• Library Homework Central page.

6
How Grading Works

• Students earn a percentage of the books point
  value based on
• A. Passing the quiz w/ a 60 or higher
• B. The number of correct answers
• Example A student answers 70 of the
  questions correctly. The books point value is
  7. The student earns 4.9 points out of 7 (or
  70 of 7).

7
How Grading Works

• A students AR grade counts for 1/5 of the
  students total nine weeks grade.
• A student needs to earn 20 points during each
  marking period for a 100 score for AR.
• Points over 20 do NOT carry over to the next
  marking period.

20
8
Grading Scale

• 20 AR points 100
• 19 AR points 95
• 18 AR points 90
• 17 AR points 85 7 AR points 35
• 16 AR points 80 6 AR points 30
• 15 AR points 75 5 AR points 25
• 14 AR points 70 4 AR points 20
• 13 AR points 65 3 AR points 15
• 12 AR points 60 2 AR points 10
• 11 AR points 55 1 AR points 5
• 10 AR points 50 0 AR points 0
• 9 AR points 45
• 8 AR points 40

9
Taking a Quiz

• After reading the book, take the AR quiz on the
  computer in the library.
• Log into the AR program w/ a password
• Select the quiz title
• Mrs. Kohute then enters the monitor password.

10
Security

• A student must have the book when he or she comes
  to take the test.
• Once logged into AR, the students name appears
  in the upper left corner for verification.
• Mrs. Kohute will enter the password for each test
  taken.
• Mrs. Kohute will be looking for anomalies. (Ex.
  Ten students taking the same quiz in two days.)
• A student may not retake quizzes.
• A student may take one quiz per day.
• Alternative quizzes have been created for books
  made into movies. They are DETAILED.

11
Academic Integrity

• Cheating will NOT be tolerated!!
• Some recent examples Another student giving
  answers is cheating. Another student helping
  a student to remember the book is cheating.
• If a student is caught cheating, he/she will
  receive a failing grade for AR (Thats a failing
  score for 1/5 of the marking period grade.)
• In addition, a discipline referral will be
  written as this is a violation of the Academic
  Integrity Policy in the student handbook.
• See the Academic Integrity Policy in students
  agendas for full details.

12
When May One Take A Quiz?

• Study halls
• Flex periods
• Homeroom/Advisory (with Advisory Teachers
  approval)
• Lunch A
• English classes (ONLY IF TEACHER GIVES PRIOR
  APPROVAL CHECK W/ TEACHER)

13
For 9th graders

• You may come to take tests during flex also.
• 2 people per flex teacher.
• Be quick .
• Have a purpose.
• Socializing is not a purpose.

14
When May I take a Quiz?

• If a student is having difficulty getting into
  the library to take a quiz (due to the librarys
  closing for scheduled classes, etc.),
• Please tell the English teacher or Mrs. Kohute
  immediately so that she can get you into the
  library ASAP!

15
After Taking a Quiz

• As soon as a student finishes a test, his or her
  score is shown. (Immediate feedback ?)
• Test results will print immediately.
• Please give Mrs. Kohute that printout.

16
Feedback for students

• A student may also View Student Record to see
  what quizzes he or she has taken and his or her
  scores.
• A student may also see how many AR points he or
  she has accumulated this school year in addition
  to the books read at the Junior High.

17
MY BOOK!I did it!I did it! Come and lookAt
what Ive done!I read a book! When someone
wrote itLong agoFor me to read,How did he
knowThat this was the bookId take from the
shelfAnd lie on the floorAnd read by myself?I
really read it!Just like that!Word by
word, From first to last!Im sleeping withThis
book in bed,This first FIRST bookIve ever
read! David L. Harrison (from
Somebody Catch My Homework)