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We have given my grandson a link to:
http://www.bookadventure.com
Take a look. You can check out a reading level of any given book on their site as well as have them recommend books for any grade level. You can go into the parents section to take a look.
After Jordan reads a book, he goes in and take a test on the book. If he gets the answers right he gets points toward a reward. You can use the site's reward system or set one up of your own.
I love it because you can have a means of seeing if they have read and understood the book they have read. They can also use an open book test format and check for their answers. It is just a great at-home tool for incouraging reading. (Drats! it does take away from my computer time, but what the heck!) 
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| Pimpinit wrote: | We have a program here called Accelerated Reader.
They require each child to be tested on what grade level they read at and then assign them a book level they can read. They then set them a point goal. They are required from K-12 to read and achieve their goals each quarter. The junior high level gets insentive to complete their goal by giving them 5 points added to each subject grade if they make their goal. If they dont it doesnt hurt them. In high school it becomes 50% of their English/Lit grade and can really hurt them.
The elementary classes have volunteers that come to the school 3 days a week and each student gets a chance to read aloud with the reader. We focus on reading with expression , pace, enunciation and overall comprehension of what they are reading.
if the elementary meets their goal each quarter for the whole year they get an AR carnival the last week of school full of games, gifts, and yummy snacks. They also receive Pizza Hut book it awards each quarter.
The children love reading and reaching their goals, upping their point level and competing with fellow class mates.
The high schoolers......... not so much.
It is a great program and the children read alot.
Here is an example of the point system
My daughter is in the 4th grade. She has been tested at a 7.5. This means they determine she reads on the level of a seventh grader in the 5th month of school and has a point range of 6-7.5 meaning this is the range of book she can choose from to read. Each book is marked and assigned a point goal. They read the book and then test on it. If they get a 100% on the test they rec'd the maximum amount of points.
Normally it takes 3-6 books to reach her goal.......
She just finished a Harry Potter worth 23 points.......her point total is 37.
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I agree Kim, the AR program is a great one. And with the little incentives they give the children it definately encourages them to excel. They do that here too....the kids actually were given a full blown carnival just before Thanksgiving. Tyler was so excited..........
Hey Pimp, has she read the latest Harry Potter yet? That was Tye's book of choice on our drive from Kentucky to California. He was so into the book one morning when we were going to sight-see in Memphis, Kevin literally had to yank it away from him, because he kept bumping into passer-bys on the street.
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| She has not, she just started reading them. If you know me you know that sometimes I can be overprotective of my young childs mind and I just didnt like the premise of the books. Sorcery and witchcraft I believe are real and I just didnt want her to read about it. But now she is older and can digest some things and realize that it is a book. So she is reading them in order and is on the 3rd one. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'm glad to read more on this discussion. We don't have the AR reading program and I'd never heard of it. Sounds great. In first grade they do put the kids on levels from 3-16 and they bring home a book bag daily. There are parent volunteers there every morning and every child that is ready reads to the parent and gets a new book. My 6 yr old is doing much better now that it is becoming easier for him. He is enjoying being a "word decoder". 
The "Wrinkle in Time" book was too advanced for my 6 year old and my 9 yr old dtr wasn't interested. I'm thinking about reading it since I checked it out from the library. We did watch the movie and the whole family loved it. Can't believe I'd never heard of this series.
My just turned 4 yr old just started teaching himself to read and our 2 year old knows all his letters and sounds.  Funny how we struggled getting the older two to read and they refused until they were ready in first grade. Now the younger two are taking off on their own and are loving looking at letters and words. Hubby and I laugh at the situation because the younger two are adopted. |
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| LuvTV wrote: | | Hubby and I laugh at the situation because the younger two are adopted. |
LuvTV, that is such a cute and funny statement.
I believe it having older brothers and sisters causes children to pick up things faster and want to learn more at an earlier age.
My youngest loves to be cool like big sis and she is the smartest kid, i swear. She wants to talk, read, write, like her big sister and even gets into competitions about who knows more in math. Of Course the Junior wins but the youngest thinks that she cant whoop her at fractions anyday! |
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| Pimpinit wrote: | | LuvTV wrote: | | Hubby and I laugh at the situation because the younger two are adopted. |
LuvTV, that is such a cute and funny statement.
I believe it having older brothers and sisters causes children to pick up things faster and want to learn more at an earlier age.
My youngest loves to be cool like big sis and she is the smartest kid, i swear. She wants to talk, read, write, like her big sister and even gets into competitions about who knows more in math. Of Course the Junior wins but the youngest thinks that she cant whoop her at fractions anyday! |
Thanks pimp! You are being kind! 
It is true that the younger ones get to watch all my tutoring at home and sports practices. Although our older two don't take gymnastics and neither can turn a somersault while our 4 year old does cartwheels, handstands and round offs with no training. We had to clear out the furniture in the living room so he could put together his gymnastics run. Then we had to take our bunk bed down because at age two he was climbing it to jump off and go into a somersault. Said it made his somersault really fast. He is freakishly coordinated and responsible for many of my gray hairs.
It is so fun to watch them grow and see their unique talents. Reading is my one thing that I want them ALL to love. |
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| Hey my 7 year old found a book he wants to read! It's Gregor the Overlander by ?Suzanne Collins. The best thing? It's a series! There are at least 5 of them for him to read. I'm so happy. |
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| dismom wrote: | | Hey my 7 year old found a book he wants to read! It's Gregor the Overlander by ?Suzanne Collins. The best thing? It's a series! There are at least 5 of them for him to read. I'm so happy. |
That is great! Even better that it is a series! My 6 year old is all the sudden really liking being a "word decoder". That and the fact that he is trying to impress his gorgeous, young teacher. Whatever motivates him works for me.
We will have a look at the ones your son is enjoying. |
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I am currently reading Ann Rule's Too Late to Say Goodbye.
Has anyone read this book? It is definitely a "woman's" book. I would like to convince my daughter to read it and wonder if I am crazy for wanting to recommend it.
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| Anyone doing the goodreads website? you have a profile and can list the books you've read and are reading. |
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| dismom wrote: | | Anyone doing the goodreads website? you have a profile and can list the books you've read and are reading. |
Do you have the link to that site? Sounds interesting!
Thanks for the heads up.
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| timeless wrote: | | www.goodreads.com |
Thanks, timeless. I will definitely look more into the site.
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Now that the holidays are over and the hustle and bustle has calmed down, christmas decorations put away, lights down, house cleaned, rooms organized again, and a little me time to spare I have decided to read again.
I have started The Rescue by of course, Nicolas Sparks.
Is anyone else back to reading?
Also, My DD came home with her new goal for the AR program, she is so excited. She tested at an 8.0, higher than 96% of the country, she reads at an eighth grader at the beginning of school level and her goal jumped up really high! I think this is such a great program and I am happy she loves to read. |
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I got alot of new books from family at Christmas, that is the one thing they always know that I will love and appreciate. Barnes & Noble gift cards are the bomb, imo.
I have finished all of the Nicholas Sparks books now, and shipped the ones I have read since moving back home to my cousin. Now, I am in the midst of a big Luanne Rice kick. I read the Edge of Winter and loved it, and am now reading Sandcastles.
I love poetry and quotations too, and we have a family website that we all posts pictures, have message boards, and all do our own blogs, and I am always writing something down and saving it for a later day that connects with a blog that I may write later on down the line. So Kevin got me a book before he left, titled, Women Know Everything.....let me add that he wrote a note to me on the inside letting me know that he totally disagreed with the title. LOL!!!!!!
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