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Library News 
Mrs. Gillespie
AR (Accelerated
Reader) Overview
It is great to have
access to so many AR quizzes this year! Many people have asked how to
find 'Just Right' books with quizzes so here are some ideas.
At our Sherwood
Forest Library
- Books with quizzes
are being color coded by reading level. (Thank you, dedicated volunteers!)
- Quiz information
is being added to our library database for students to access on our
library look-up stations. (Thank you, Mrs. Sharpe!)
- Use AR Book Finder
on the computer to see if one of our books has a quiz.
From home or a
public library
Follow these steps
on www.arbookfind.com if you want ideas of books to read.
- Click on Advanced
Search.
- Fill-in reading
range by ATOS Book Level ____ through ____ (and topic if you'd like).
- Click Go.
- You will get a
list of books in that reading range.
Follow these steps
on www.arbookfind.com if you have a book and want to see if it has an
AR quiz.
- Click on Advanced
Search.
- Fill-in the title
of a book you have.
- Click Go.
- You will discover
if there is a quiz for your book.
NOTE-We have
access to all of the quizzes found on AR Book Finder but we do NOT have
all of those books. If a student gets a book listed on AR Book Finder
from home or a public library s/he may take the quiz at school.
Questions?
Please ask your child's teacher, our librarian Mrs. Gillespie, or our
Library Assistant Mrs. Sharpe. Below is the website link for Accelerated
Reader book lists:
http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx
For Parents:
If you wish to document
your time spent reading with your child for the Accelerated Reader program,
here is a printable form that you can download, fill out and send to school
with your child:
AR
Test Readiness Form
From Mrs. Bergman
Accelerated
Reader "STARS" Program
Our Accelerated Reader
"STARS" program (Sherwood's Top Accelerated Readers) is up and running!
Every Sherwood Forest student gets an AR necklace (with your shrinky dink
name), and you will have a chance to add beads to your necklaces each
month. We have set some goals for the number of AR points students at
each grade level must earn in order to receive a medal at the end of the
year. Here are your goals! Keep reading, all you STARs!!!
- Kindergarten -
5 points
- 1st Grade - 20
points
- 2nd Grade - 40
points
- 3rd Grade - 60
points
- 4th Grade - 80
points
- 5th Grade - 100
points
Accelerated
Reader Home Connect: What Parents Need To Know
Accelerated Reader
(AR) is boosting students' reading at Sherwood Forest, and now parents
can go on-line to track their child's progress! Using Home Connect you
can log onto any computer (using your child's individual User Name and
Password, and: 1) View the results of your childŐs last AR quiz and overall
progress; 2) Find books that have Accelerated Reader quizzes; 3) View
"My Bookshelf," which shows all the books on which your child
has taken an AR quiz.
HereŐs another bonus
from Home Connect: Parents and guardians may specify up to six e-mail
addresses to receive updates of student progress via e-mail. The recipient
must accept the invitation for the notifications to begin. E-mails will
be sent automatically by the program and will contain results of any AR
quizzes your child completes. Imagine that! An e-mail notification every
time your child takes an AR quiz at school!
Log on today to:
Remember to save your
child's User Name and Password in a secure location. We hope this service
will improve students' reading by keeping parents well informed! Don't
hesitate to contact your child's teacher if you have questions about our
AR program, or your child's progress!
Battle
of the Books Overview
Attention Intermediate
Teachers: Mrs. Gillespie is getting ready to introduce the Battle of the
Books competition to our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. She will provide
a display with information, bookmarks, etc. in the library by student-led
conferences. Students may start forming teams any time but Mrs. Gillespie
will wait until January to start recording team members. Practice for
the Battle of the Books competition will begin sometime in February--probably
short blocks of time during lunch recesses because of library classes
during the longer recesses. It's great for teachers to read these books
to classes--ask if you want any suggestions (or cautions). (A list of
the books is available below, or is available from Mrs. Gillespie.) Please
encourage your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students to participate in our Battle
of the Books program!
The 2010 Sherwood Forest Battle of the Books will be held on Tuesday, March 16 at 2:00 p.m. in the gym. The district competition will be held at Decatur High School on Wednesday, April 7.
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