Accelerated Reading Procedures

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Accelerated Reading Procedures

• For 5th Grade Students

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Assignment of Goals

• Your teacher will assign you
• A reading range
• A book level goal
• A point goal
• all students must maintain 85 accuracy

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Making Sure Your Book is AR

• If you get your book from the library you should
  be sure that it is an AR book.
• If you get your book from home or your teachers
  library you will need to check on the computer to
  be sure that it is an AR book. At that time you
  may want to make sure that you have not already
  taken a test on that particular book.

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Choosing a Book

• You must make sure that the book you have chosen,
  falls within the reading range written on your
  goal sheet.
• If you are reading a non-fiction book you need to
  remember that it is actually one grade level
  higher than the level that is given in the book.
• It is usually better to begin at the lower end of
  your reading range and work to the upper end as
  you go.
• Only with special permission from your teacher,
  may you go higher than your reading range.

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Before You Take the Test

• To take a test you must have read your book.
• If your book is a chapter book it is always
  helpful to go back to the first few chapters and
  refresh your memory of the beginning of the
  story.
• If you are taking a test on a non-fiction book
  you need to review all vocabulary words in the
  glossary.

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Taking the Test

• Once you are ready to take your test you need to
  place your number on the strip.
• When your number is at the top you may take your
  test.
• You may bring your book to the computer only to
  enter the title.
• You may not use your book to find answers to the
  test. If you are caught so doing, you will sign
  the book and parents will be notified.
• Once you have taken your test your number should
  go back into the basket.

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Manners Please!!

• Do not stand behind a person to rush them through
  their test. They need their privacy.
• When you see that someone is taking a test be
  quiet to allow them to concentrate.
• Do not make comments about a persons score on a
  test. It could be you the next time.

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1 Rule

• Never, Never, Never, take a test for another
  person. If caught doing so you will face severe
  consequences.
• All test must be taken in the classroom NOT in
  the library. Ms. Vaugh and Mrs. Chandler have
  been instructed not to allow 5th graders to take
  tests in the library.

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AT RISK

• Check daily the Diagnostic Report to see where
  you are in your goal.
• If your name is highlighted then that means
• You are scoring below 85 accuracy
• You are behind in your goal
• This is not a good place to be, but talk with
  your teacher to see what you need to do.

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Reading 60 Minutes????

• You are required to read at least 60 minutes each
  day.
• 30 of those minutes are at school and 30 are at
  home.
• This is so you will reach your goal
• Otherwise, you wont.

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Whats in it for me??

• Prizes awarded when you reach 25, 50, 75, and
  100 of your goal.
• Recognition at the end of each nine weeks!!!
• Recognition at the end of school if you have met
  your goal for each nine week grading period.
• YOU WILL BE A BETTER READER!!?