Success Stories

I have finally got my class reading!  We have the Accelerate Reader program at our school.  Students read books and take a test on the computer to earn points.  The harder the book, the more points it is worth.  The books my students are able to read are worth half a point. I have 13 students in my class and half are 'non-readers." My class has earned 935 AR points as of today.  That means my students have read or listened to over 1800 books!!  My students read so much I actually have to fuss at them for reading while I'm teaching.  I have had to threaten to turn off the computers so they cannot test for an entire day if they don't stop reading long enough for me to teach a whole lesson. The students who can read, have made more progress in fluency and comprehension this year than they ever had!  I hope this is a "problem" I continue to have!  I love that my kids are reading!