Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader – an exciting way to encourage children and young people to read.

Accelerated Reader is the world's most popular reading management software. Used in over 75,000 schools worldwide and over 2,000 schools in the UK with new schools being added every day. Accelerated Reader provides teachers and librarians with an easy and effective way to monitor all forms of guided reading practice and library circulation. Accelerated Reader provides detailed, objective data to target teaching and ensure success for every pupil, regardless of level, from emergent reader onwards!

Here are some reasons why A.R. might benefit your school.

• Get pupils excited about books: Accelerated Reader helps you focus attention on the careful reading of books, which improves pupils' critical thinking skills and builds an intrinsic love of reading
• Obtain reliable, objective information: Over 30 reports are available so you can accurately monitor performance and progress towards targets
• Individualised Learning: Accelerated Reader helps you individualise teaching for every pupil
• Improve classroom management: Teachers using Accelerated Reader report higher attendance, fewer discipline problems, and improved attitudes about school
• Keep each pupil challenged: Using Accelerated Reader, you can continuously guide pupils to appropriate books and material that provide the right level of challenge
• Assess pupil learning: Reading Practice quizzes test comprehension, Vocabulary quizzes test understanding of regularly used words, and Literacy Skills quizzes test higher order thinking skills.
• Books within the Accelerated Reading Scheme are categorised by 'Interest Level' and 'Book Level'.
• The Accelerated Reading Scheme Interest Level of a book is based on its content,
  book's themes and ideas - and indicates for which age group a book is appropriate.
  Content appropriateness is grouped into three categories:

LY = Lower Years, ages 5-8;
MY = Middle Years, ages 9-13;
UY = Upper Years, ages 14 and above.

However - please note these are only recommendations.
It is the responsibility of teachers, librarians and parents to use their best judgment when guiding children to appropriate books.

Accelerated Reading Scheme Book Levels are reported using the ATOS readability formula and represent the difficulty of the text. For example, a book level of 4.5 means the text could likely be read independently by a pupil whose reading skills are at the level of a typical fourth year pupil during the fifth month of school.

(Of course the content may or may not be appropriate for a fourth year pupil which is why Interest Levels are also used).

A.R. Book levels range from 0.1- 7.9 for lower years, 0.9-11.9 for middle years and 1.0-12.0 for upper years.

 The web addresses below will provide more information about Accelarated Reader.

www.arbookfind.co.uk

www.renlearn.com

We can produce and attach Accelerated Reader labels for your books. In addition we can compile book lists tailored to your specifications.  Please contact us for details and further information about the Accelerated Reader Scheme.