Developing the Accelerated Reader Library

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

Renaissance Place

Accelerated Reader helps create a

culture of reading

Tools for Matching Existing Stock

• MicroLibrarian (Junior Librarian/Eclipse) • Softlink (Oliver)

• 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

Matching your books to AR quizzes

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

Points – relates to thelength of the book

Interest Level

LY – Lower Years Ages 5-8MY – Middle years Ages 9-13UY – Upper Years Ages 14+

Label size on BookGuide: Avery L7159

• Book Information Labels – on inside cover or back of bookPrint labels from BookGuide or your LMS

• Colour coding by book level – on spine of book• Accelerated Reader logo labels – on spine of book

Shelving AR books

Display books separately or throughout the collection?

Books shelved by ATOS book level

Classroom book storage boxes

Books shelved throughout collection

Quiz No 200005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dahl, Roald

BL: 4.8 Points: 5.0 MY

Guiding Readers in their book choice

• Ensure that you have enough books at the appropriate reading levels for your pupils (use STAR Reading results)(

• Consider a variety (varying lengths, fiction and non-fiction)

USEFUL WEBSITES: • www.renlearn.co.uk - Book suppliers and book offers,

newly released quizzes, news and events

• www.arbookfind.co.uk – search engine for AR books

• www.arbookguide.co.uk – online record of school library books with quizzes; also used to print labels

Expanding your AR quizzed stock

• Schedule daily reading practice(Recommended 30min primary, 20min secondary)

• Consider when and where pupils will take quizzes (within 24 hours of finishing book)

• Check if there is a printer available for quiz results Install Renaissance Print Plug in for automatic printing

• Regular access to the library for changing books

Things to Consider

Quiz No 200005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dahl, Roald

BL: 4.8

Points: 5.0

MY

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 (optional*)

Book your next training session

Review and Next Steps

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

Session Progress