What will Accelerated Reader do for my child? The AR program allows students to read at their own ability level, which in turn helps to build reading proficiency.
Your child will learn the "love of reading". He or she will learn how to be a successful reader and therefore want to read rather than be forced to read. It will help improve classroom grades and test scores while it creates a love of reading within a student, and within time, develop life-long learners.
What proof do you have that the program works? Studies conducted by The Institute for Academic Excellence showed that students who use Accelerated Reader do better in all academic areas and usually improve their reading level by an additional one-half grade level each year.
What is a ZPD range? ZPD stands for "Zone of Proximal Development". The "Zone of Proximal Development" is a practical, common sense guide for insuring student reading success. Setting reading goals within a child's ZPD reading range provides challenge and support as the child progresses toward greater competence. The ZPD is determined by a child's score on the STAR reading diagnostic test. This test determines the child's ZPD range and the instructional reading level of the student.
If a child reads books within his/her personal ZPD range, they can be assured of success, and feel self-confident that they will succeed.
What can I do as a parent to help my child succeed in the Accelerated Reader Program? The more a child reads, the greater his/her ability to learn in all academic areas. The more self-assured he/she becomes, the greater his/her self-confidence and self-worth.
TWI is an important part of the Accelerated Reader Program. TWI stands for "reading to", reading with, and "reading independently". Remember...."to", "with", and "independently", those are the ways a child can read. A child can be read "to" by a parent, grandparent, or sibling. They can read "with" a family member or a friend, or they can read "independently". The whole family will benefit!
Please get on the Accelerated Reader bandwagon..... With a little help, your child will make giant strives in reading!
