Labelling AR Books. Quiz No 200005. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl,
Roald. B.L.: 4.8. Points: 5.0. MY. Book level relates to difficulty of text.
Developing the Accelerated Reader Library
Renaissance Place
Accelerated Reader helps create a culture of reading STAR Reading • A computer-adaptive reading test used to determine your pupils reading placement levels (ZPD) for Accelerated Reader • Measures growth over time Accelerated Reader • A database of over 16,000 quizzes to ensure comprehension of books read • Provides instant feedback and reports for monitoring
Matching your books to AR quizzes Tools for Matching Existing Stock •
MicroLibrarian (Junior Librarian/Eclipse)
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Softlink (Oliver)
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AR BookGuide - www.arbookguide.co.uk
Export a list of your books from your LMS and import the CSV file into BookGuide to match the stock Manually search the BookGuide database using author or title to add each book to a list
Labelling AR Books Book Information Labels – on inside cover or back of book Print labels from BookGuide or your LMS • Colour coding by book level – on spine of book • Accelerated Reader logo labels – on spine of book •
Label size on BookGuide: Avery L7159 Quiz No 200005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald Book level relates to difficulty of text
B.L.: 4.8 Points: 5.0
Points – relates to the length of the book
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Interest Level LY – Lower Years Ages 5-8 MY – Middle years Ages 9-13 UY – Upper Years Ages 14+
Shelving AR books Display books separately or throughout the collection?
Books shelved by ATOS book level
Books shelved throughout collection
Classroom book storage boxes
Guiding Readers in their book choice
Quiz No 200005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald BL: 4.8 Points: 5.0
MY
Expanding your AR quizzed stock •
Ensure that you have enough books at the appropriate reading ( levels for your pupils (use STAR Reading results)
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Consider a variety (varying lengths, fiction and non-fiction)
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USEFUL WEBSITES: www.renlearn.co.uk - Book suppliers and book offers, newly released quizzes, news and events
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www.arbookfind.co.uk – search engine for AR books
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www.arbookguide.co.uk – online record of school library books with quizzes; also used to print labels
Things to Consider •
Schedule daily reading practice (Recommended 30min primary, 20min secondary)
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Consider when and where pupils will take quizzes (within 24 hours of finishing book)
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Check if there is a printer available for quiz results Install Renaissance Print Plug in for automatic printing
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Regular access to the library for changing books
Review and Next Steps y 05 Factor o 2000 colate o h Quiz N C e and th Charlie oald Dahl, R .8 BL: 4
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Match and label your books Ensure that software installation had been completed Create shortcut for Renaissance Place onto all computers Send pupil data password protected to setup@renlearn.co.uk
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Session Progress
1: Developing the AR Library 2: Introducing Renaissance Place 3: STAR Reading Assessments 4: Launching AR in your school 5: Using data to monitor pupil progress 6: Target Setting
