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For the final ice Cream party of the
2008/2009 school year
students need to achieve the following
points to attend.
1st
Grade - 8
2nd
Grade - 12
3rd
Grade - 25
4th
Grade - 75
5th
Grade - 100
The Accelerated Reader program was designed
to foster a love of reading in students
while improving reading skills. Research has
shown that as reading practice increases, a
student's reading skills improve, and that
motivating a student to read is key to
reading success.
The Accelerated Reader program at Norwood is
available to 2nd - 5th Graders. 1st Graders
are invited to take part during the second
half of the school year. Students are
encouraged to read and take quizzes on the
books they have read. The quizzes can be
taken in the Norwood Media Center and in the
classrooms. Certificates are awarded to
students at certain point values. The
Norwood School Association sponsors ice
cream and pizza parties throughout the year
for students who earn a certain number of
points. Invitations are sent home to all
students who have earned enough points to
attend.
The generous support of the Norwood School
Association has made it possible to expand
our program to include computer quizzes for
more than 110,000 book titles and growing.
Not sure
if the book you are reading is an
Accelerated Reader book?
Click
Here to go to
AR Book
Finder.
| Accelerated Reader Quiz
Information |
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| What is Interest
Level (IL)? |
| Interest Level is
based on content – a book’s themes
and ideas – and indicates for which
age group a book is appropriate. We
group content appropriateness into
three categories: LG = Lower Grades
(K-3); MG = Middle Grades (4-8); and
UG = Upper Grades (9-12). |
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| What is ATOS Book
Level (BL)? |
| Book Levels are
reported using the ATOS readability
formula and represent the difficulty
of the text. For example, a book
level of 4.5 means the text could
likely be read independently by a
student whose reading skills are at
the level of a typical fourth grader
during the fifth month of school.
(Of course the content may or may
not be appropriate for a fourth
grader which is why we also use
Interest Levels.). |
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| What is
2000-Point Scale? |
| The 2000-point scale
is a conversion of the ATOS scale to
something similar, but not
identical, to the Lexile Scale. It’s
another scale for showing the
difficulty of a book. |
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| What are
Accelerated Reader Points (AR Pts)?
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| Every book that has
an AR Reading Practice Quiz is given
a point value. AR Points are
computed based on the difficulty of
the book (ATOS readability level)
and the length of the book (number
of words). AR Points are a way of
measuring how much reading practice
your child is getting. |
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| What is Quiz
Type? |
RP - Reading
Practice. This is a regular
Accelerated Reader quiz.
RV - Recorded Voice.
VP - Vocabulary Practice
LP - Literacy Practice. |
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