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  Reading is a skill, and like every other skill, it requires practice. The more you read, the better you become at reading.  Our Accelerated Reader (AR) Program is based on the fundamental principle that practice improves reading. To help achieve this skill, students read AR books and take computerized quizzes. The program assigns points for proficiency and monitors students’ achievement. There are various rewards and prizes presented throughout the school year for students as they progress toward their individual AR point goals. 

   Students can only test on titles which have a corresponding AR test. There are currently over 150,000 quizzes and new quizzes are added each month.  Books from home and the public library may very well have a corresponding AR quiz!  Not sure if your book from home is AR?  Visit this website to check:  www.arbookfind.com

       What is a Lexile? How Can I Improve my Child’s Lexile Reading Level?  A Lexile measure is one way to measure and monitor your child’s reading level.  Research has shown that maximum reading growth is achieved when children read books that are aligned with their reading level.  You can use Lexile “Find a Book” (https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search) to help your child choose books within his/her Lexile range (best is 100 below or 50 above his/her Lexile measure). 

      In our school library we label our books with colored dots on the spine to help children find a book that is within their individual Lexile measure.  We call these books “good fit” books.  The following chart helps the students see the color dot that matches their Lexile reading level.

Level 0-0.9 =Orange Dot

Level 1.0-1.9 = Blue Dot

Level 2.0-2.9 = Dark Green Dot

Level 3.0-3.9 = Red Dot

Level 4.0-4.9 = Yellow Dot

Level 5.0-5.9 = Pink Dot

Level 6.0 and up = Lime Green Dot

Not sure if your books at home are AR? Just look up the title on www. arbookfind.com

Important!

You can monitor your child’s AR progress from home!

  • ·       Go to Classlink on the CRES website under the Quick Links tab

  • ·       Login to Classlink with your student’s gx username and password (the same credentials they login to their chromebook with daily at school; usually firstname.lastname).

  • ·       Click the Renaissance app and you will be auto-signed in 

  • ·       Click on the orange Accelerated Reader icon

  • ·       Click Progress in the top right corner

  • ·       You can also click the “My Completed Work” tab to see a record of your child’s AR quizzes

**** If you would like to receive E-mail alerts every time your student takes an AR quiz, sign up through this link: https://bit.ly/CrookedRiverHomeConnect   Simply click “Get Email Updates”.  For this option, you’ll need to get your child’s RenLearn username and password from his/her teacher.

     If you have any questions about the Accelerated Reader program please contact your child’s teacher.