I am an avid fan of independent reading; I never push accelerated reader for my students. I think it is so much a "memory" and knowledge level evaluation that I just can not do more than give cursory support to those kids who choose to do it. I would never do it as a reader; my school's best reader was a 6th grader in my regular ed class. His status was unknown to me prior to the award on awards day. I was happy for him, but I can not see it as a way to track a students reading. I just hate having to keep track of points, etc. So... it works for some and not for others. For the kids who buy into it... it is great. I am happy for them but not committed to making it a part of my grading. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Lou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:09 AM Subject: [LIT] Accelerated Reader
> > Hi all, > > A question came up yesterday in my middle level DI course. A student was > wondering about the use of Accelerated Reader in school as the primary > strategy to track a middle level student's independent reading. > > This teacher would like to see some alternative strategies used to do > this. > It is her opinion that students who have "good memories" do well with > these > tests, students that do not have good memories do more poorly and feel > discouraged. > > So...do you use it and how effective in your opinion is it? For those of > you who use alternative means to track outside reading and have used AR in > the past - how did you convince your school to move to other tracking > means? > > Thanks in advance, > Mary Lou > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
