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The Dolphin Accelerated Reader Program is back and better than ever. As a school we are excited about our Intranet AR through Renaissance Learning and are confident that it will support our students’ success. The focus of this program, is for students in 2nd through 6th grades to improve in reading and ‘plant the seed’ for our students to become lifelong readers for learning and enjoyment. Elitha Donner has a subscription to all Renaissance AR Quizzes that are available. That is over 100,000 quizzes!

The Dolphin Accelerated Reading Program is a program in which students read books from their classroom, public or school library. Once they have completed a book they take a comprehension test on the computer. Based on their percentage of correct answers they will be awarded a designated number of points for each test completed. These points are then accrued throughout the year for various incentives and report card assessment. Accelerated Reader (AR) software is installed in the classrooms and computer lab allowing students to take in-class quizzes on books they have read for points. Each book has a designated reading level as well as point value. Here is the link for available quizzes. http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_advanced.asp

STAR Testing:
STAR testing has begun to determine the independent reading zone for each student in grades 2 through 6. Your child’s classroom teacher will provide this information to all of their students. Only points received from tests taken within their zone are allowed for incentives purposes.

Incentives:
Trimester drawings - Students will qualify for a drawing at the end of each trimester when they have successfully achieved their grade level trimester goal. We will then pick one intermediate student and one primary student winner. The winners will be announced at the Off-Track assemblies and will receive a $5 dollar Borders Gift Card. Class incentives will be provided to all students in the classes that achieve their trimester AR goal.

End of the year Incentive:
To qualify for the end of the year drawing a student must reach the Gold Level in the Dolphin Accelerated Reading Academy. The winner of the drawing will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to Borders Bookstore. All the students who reach the gold level will be invited to a barbecue hosted by Mrs. Jenkins and Mr. Arvizu.

Three Levels of the Dolphin Accelerated Reading Program
Each student will have an Accelerated Reader Academy certificate posted in the multipurpose room as each level is reached. Certificates and seals are created and updated at the end of each trimester.

Three Levels of the Dolphin Accelerated Reading Program 

Trimester Grade Guidelines:
The Accelerated Reading Academy accumulated points, within each trimester, will be factored in a student’s trimester grade for reading in grades 3rd-6th only. Please refer to the point versus grade break down attached.

Deficiency Notes/Progress Reports/Report Cards:

1. AR points are not accumulative from trimester to trimester for grade determination (this applies to 3-6th grade only). The points are only accumulative from month to month and trimester to trimester for determination of incentives and levels.

2. Parents will be notified of their child’s point status when progress report/deficiency notices are sent home and at the end of each trimester.

Cheating:
If a student is caught giving their Accelerated Reading Academy password to another student, has another student take an AR quiz for them, or takes an AR quiz for another student the following will be the consequences:
• Student will lose all of the AR points acquired for that trimester. Loss of these points will have a direct affect on their trimester grades.
• Student may lose the opportunity to attend the end of the year AR barbecue.
• Education Code guidelines will apply.

Rewards:
Trimester Goal: Students who reach their grade level trimester goal will receive a prize. Classes that have all students who reach the grade level goal will receive an additional prize.

Bronze: Certificate with the student’s name displayed in the multi-purpose room with a bronze seal.

Silver: Silver seal is added to the student’s ‘certificate’ in the multi-purpose room.

Gold: Gold seal added to their ‘certificate’ in the multi-purpose room, end of the year barbeque, and their name is placed in the drawing for the $50.00 gift certificate to Borders Bookstore.

Principal’s Platinum Award: One student from each track (2-6th) who has accumulated the most AR points will receive the Principal’s Platinum Award at the end of the year awards assembly.

Kindergarten & 1st grade students:

Students in Kindergarten or 1st grade that score at the 1st grade level or above may participate in the Accelerated reading program. As participants, students will be invited to the end of the year barbecue.

All of our Kindergarten and 1st grade students will participate in the STAR Early Literacy Program though Renaissance Learning. This program assesses student’s general readiness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and other early reading skills. It accurately and reliably assesses 41 skills in 7 key early literacy domains.

• Screens students for placement, diagnostic assessment, progress monitoring, growth measurement, and outcomes assessment.

• Streamlines testing and eliminates test anxiety with computer-adaptive technology.
• Monitors student and class progress throughout the year.

BEAR Reading Academy

Our Kindergarten students have the opportunity to become a member of the BEAR – Be Excited About Reading – academy. To qualify for membership, students must be able to do the following
• Identify Letter Names
• Identify Letter Sounds
• Read Kindergarten Sight Words

Students will receive rewards as they reach each level. Students who complete all 3 levels and become a member of the BEAR Academy will be invited to an ice cream celebration at the end of the school year.

Improve the School-to-Home Connection:
With Home Connect, you can link school and home to make reading practice even more effective.

By connecting to this website https://Hosted17.renlearn.com/286588/HomeConnect/Login.aspx from your home computer students and parents can:
• See progress toward reading goals.
• Conduct book searches.
• Review quiz results.
• View the number of books read, words read, and quizzes passed.
• And much, much more.

Your child then uses his or her Renaissance Place/Accelerated Reader username and password to log in to Home Connect from home. In Home Connect you can also click on Email Setup to sign up to receive emails showing your child's quiz. Keep in mind that this website is only to view your child's progress in Accelerated Reader. A letter will be sent home by the classroom teacher with your child’s user name and password. If you have any questions about your child's progress with Accelerated Reader or would like additional information on this program, please contact your child’s teacher.

Sorted by Book Author list in PDF Format

Again, we are really excited about this program and are confident that this will assist us in helping our students become better readers.