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Accelerated Reader
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St. Frances of Rome is a school that implements Accelerated Reader to help our students grow in reading. Accelerated Reader is a computer program that helps teachers and librarians manage and monitor children’s independent reading practice. Your child picks a book at his own level and reads it at his own pace. When finished, your child takes a short quiz on the computer. (Passing the quiz is an indication that your child understood what was read.) Accelerated Reader gives children, teachers, and librarians feedback based on the quiz results, which the teacher then uses to help your child set goals and direct ongoing reading practice.
Children using Accelerated Reader choose their own books to read, rather than having one assigned to them. This makes reading a much more enjoyable experience as they can choose books that are interesting to them.
Teachers and librarians help your child choose books at an appropriate readability level that are challenging without being frustrating, ensuring that your child can pass the quiz and experience success.If your child does not do well on the quiz, the teacher or librarian may help your child:
- Choose another book that is more appropriate.
- Ask more probing questions as your child reads and before your child takes a quiz.
- Pair your child with another student, or even have the book read to your child.
In most cases, children really enjoy taking the quizzes. Since they’re reading books at their reading and interest levels, they are likely to be successful. This is satisfying for most children. Best of all, they learn and grow at their own pace.
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Arbook Find
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder is a web-based search tool that was created for parents, guardians, students, teachers, and librarians to search for appropriate Accelerated Reader books.To view Accelerated Reader Bookfinder in Spanish, select Español. Note: When you view Accelerated Reader Bookfinder in Spanish and you search for books, the search results will list books in both Spanish and English.
In Accelerated Reader Bookfinder, you can:
- Search for book titles or article quiz titles (using either Quick or Advanced Search).
- Add titles to the AR BookBag.
- Print the titles added to the AR BookBag.
- View collections of books.
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Reading Siteshttps://www.roythezebra.com/
Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra. Includes words that rhyme, high frequency words, capital letters, full stops and much more. K-3
http://www.bemboszoo.com/
Watch how the letters of the alphabet re-form into animals. Preschool - K
https://www.kidsreads.com/
Trivia games and word scrambles based on children’s books and movies. Visit the Trivia and Games section. Grades K-5
http://www.umass.edu/aesop/
Traditional and modern fables Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Grades 3-8
http://www.mightybook.com/
a collection of books that are read to children, including books written by students. Students click on the appropriate age level and are given a series of books to choose from. Teachers can have students participate in a variety of contests.
https://www.starfall.com/
Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. The interactive books available here have sound – so please turn your speakers on. Teacher may request free writing journals for classroom use that reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book. Grades Pre-K-1
Stapleless Book - allows students to select several format to create a simple book that can be printed.
Interactive Timeline - allows students to create timelines.
Vocabulary
Kid's Place: Houghton Mifflin Reading - Vocabulary games for each story
Antonym Matching Game
Word Builder Harcourt Spelling
Homographs Quia
Vocabulary Free online web Dictionary and Thesaurus linking reference tool.
Visual Dictionary Online From Merriam Webster
Learning Vocabulary Fun Build vocabulary Skills, includes SAT vocabulary
Quiz Tree Call out a word and have students click on it. Grades K-3
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