AR Requirements

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Request an AR Quiz

Email Ms. Bothe - hbothe@houstonisd.org

If you have any children that find books from our library that have a blue dot and then they can't find the quiz please let me know so that I can order those quizzes. There are still a few stray books out there like that. In addition, if your kids are reading a book and then they find out that we don't have a quiz for it - please email Ms. Bothe. I will be happy to order the quizzes for any books that the kids are reading.

AR Login Instructions (doc file)

AR Instructions for Students (doc file)

AR Instructions for Teachers (doc file)

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Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):

Reading is one of the great joys of life and one of the most important skills students learn in school. Research proves that students who read well do better in all school subjects. But how do you turn your children into enthusiastic readers?  Accelerated Reader® and STAR Reading™ help to motivate, monitor, and guide critical reading practice so every student achieves maximum reading growth.  Here at Askew, we use both of these programs.

Accelerated Reader is a computerized learning system that assesses literature-based reading practice and comprehension. Students self-select books within their current reading level, determined by the STAR Reading program and/or their classroom teacher, read the book and then take a computerized comprehension quiz. Spanish and English books and quizzes are available.  The questions are very detailed, so the child needs to have read the book very recently in order to do well on the quiz.  Once a quiz has been taken, the computer will not allow the student to take it again, including the next school year.  The student’s “Reading Record” is kept year after year.

Currently, we have over 7,400 quizzes available to your child, at reading levels ranging from kindergarten all the way up to 9^th grade. A list of the quizzes are available below under the Quizzes section or consult with your child’s reading teacher. Your child(ren) can select books from the school’s library or our neighborhood libraries, Kendall Branch and Robinson-Westchase Branch.  Both of these neighborhood public libraries will have the “Askew AR” list for you to reference.

To participate in this program your child must be able to consistently read independently at or above a 1^st grade reading level.

Accelerated Reader Rules:

·     -- Computers will be available in ALL classrooms to accommodate quiz taking during regular school hours.  Quizzes CANNOT be taken before or after school, due to carpooling issues.

·     -- For 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th grade students, Accelerated Reader is part of your child’s reading grade.  For more information, please consult with your child’s reading teacher.

·     -- Occasionally, your child will be permitted to take quizzes during their scheduled Library and/or Computer Specialist times.

·     -- Cut off dates are at the end of each 9 week period are listed below.  Your child’s teacher will determine a point value that your child needs to achieve during each 9 week period in order to receive their AR reading grade for that 9 week period.  Please encourage your child to work toward that goal.

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If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact our AR Coordinators, Heather Bothe at hbothe@houstonisd.org or Karen Calhoun at kcalhoun@houstonisd.org.

Sincerely,

Mr. Alvin Abraham

Principal