Reading

Accelerated Reader  (AR) is a computerized reading program that is supplemental to our Reading series and helps teachers manage and monitor a student's independent reading.  Students in grades 1-8 are given the STAR Reading Inventory which determines their Independent Reading Level (IRL).  By staying within their IRL range, a student will be challenged in his/her independent reading but not frustrated.

Students select a book that has a corresponding AR quiz, read the book, then take a computerized quiz.  (Quizzes range from 5-20 questions, depending upon the length and difficulty of the book.)  Each book has an assigned Book Level and Point Value, and the students earn points towards their AR goal according to how well they score on the quiz.   Students may take quizzes on computers in their classrooms (desktops, iPads, Chromebooks) or in the school library or computer lab.  Contact your child's Reading/Literature teacher for more information on how Accelerated Reader is used in your child's classroom. 

Holy Infant School subscribes to the web-based version of AR which has available over 182,000 book quizzes!  To find out if a book your child wants to read has a corresponding AR quiz go to the Accelerated Reader Book Find website: www.arbookfind.com  There are books that share the same title, so care must be taken when looking up books on the website--match the title to the author.  Your child should accurately fill out his/her Reading Log with the book's title, quiz number, book level and point level.