ACCELERATED READING
Book Room
Prepare students for • success in school• success in the workplace• success in life
Get out of NCLB Restructuring
Increase Student Achievement
A system for providing on-level books for students to
read independently. a balance of fiction and non-
fiction titles to address the new Common Core State Standards
a system for assessing reading fluency and comprehension
Current Resources Are Inadequate
readability too high for beginning
readers
low on non-fiction
books not leveled
books designed to teach reading
collections limited in range of readability
School Library Classroom Library
Importance of On-Level High Interest Books
ZPDRange of
Difficulty
Can easily do independently
Much too
difficult
Possible withsome help
ZPD
bored challenged frustrated
The Zone of Proximal Development
$7.34
$6.25
$5.84
$6.26
$5.36 - $7.19
$7.19
500 students in grades K-2 x 5 books per student 2,500 books in circulation x $6 average cost per book$15,000 minimum
Current investment is about $15,000 personal library PTSA School Funds
FAQWhy so many books? choice range of interests range of reading levelsWhy K-2? appropriate books not currently available 3-5 can search for and read library booksWhy books & not passages or ebooks? availability passages are used for instruction
Computerizedassessmentdetermines
child’s Zone ofProximal
Development
Child reads from The Accelerated
Reading BookRoom Collection
Child’sIndependent
ReadingLevel is
identified
Child takesOnline
ComprehensionQuiz
PROCESS
Computerizedassessmentdetermines
child’s Zone ofProximal
Development
Child reads from The Accelerated
Reading BookRoom Collection
Child’sIndependent
ReadingLevel is
identified
Child takesOnline
ComprehensionQuiz
PROCESS
Computerizedassessmentdetermines
child’s Zone ofProximal
Development
Child reads from The Accelerated
Reading BookRoom Collection
Child’sIndependent
ReadingLevel is
identified
Child takesOnline
ComprehensionQuiz
PROCESS
Computerizedassessmentdetermines
child’s Zone ofProximal
Development
Child reads from The Accelerated
Reading BookRoom Collection
Child’sIndependent
ReadingLevel is
identified
Child takesOnline
ComprehensionQuiz
PROCESS
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