A component of the Language Arts program in grades 3, 4 and 5 is Accelerated Reader. Accelerated Reader is a computerized reading incentive program.  The students read from a series of selected books and take a test.  The program awards points based on the difficulty of the book and the number of questions that the students answer correctly.

 Through the use of this program, we hope to encourage our students to read more so that they become better readers.  Since the amount of time reading is directly associated with academic achievement, we would like to encourage you as parents to promote this program with your children. 

 Students are to only take tests on books that they have read.  They are cautioned about books read a long time ago.  They are advised to reread the book to be sure that they remember all the important details in the book.  Since the AR test is asking what they remember from the book, it is important that the book be with in the students’ reading range.  A student might not completely understand a book on a reading level that is too high.

Once they have finished reading a book at home, students can take an Accelerated Reader test online by clicking

 

If you want to know whether a book is in AR, and what level it is, you can look it up at: