St. Mary's Accelerated Reader is web-based for
the 2010-2011 school year!
The students now have access to over 100,000 tiles!
Check your titles at home by using the AR Book Finder web-site.
Accelerated Reader Titles Listed by Book Levels
(You can also see all of the titles we own at the Douglas County Public Library where we have an extra notebook for your convenience. The St. Mary's School notebook has a list by title, author, and book level and is kept in our library by the AR books.)
3.7 - 3.9 (yellow) |
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4.4 - 4.6 (orange) |
4.7 - 4.9 (orange) |
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Each Book Level is color coded to make it easier for the children. The colors are indicated beneath each section with the exception of *7.0-13.3 These are listed below:
7.0 (dark red), 8.0 (pink), 9.0 (teal)
Accelerated Reader
Practice with a Purpose
Accelerated Reader (AR) is an individualized reading program that makes reading practice more effective for every student. It is reasonable for students to begin using the AR program anytime between kindergarten and first grade. Naturally, students who begin the program sooner will have read more books; however, the progression through the lower levels needs to remain consistent throughout grades K-2, regardless of when a student begins the program.
The order of progression through the lowest AR book levels for students in grades K-2 is as follows:
85-90% of the 66 white level AR books, then
85-90% of the 125 red level AR books
The purpose of completing most of the white level books first is to provide additional practice in word analysis, fluency, vocabulary expansion, and comprehension. These skills are best practiced in lower level books because less effort is spent on decoding words.
Once students in second grade take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, their reading score can be converted to a Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) range.