Eleanor Jordan <ejordan76@MSN.COM> on Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 5:54 PM
+0000 wrote:
> Here are the questions:
> 1. What grade levels does your school encompass and in what grade
>levels is the programs used?
> 2. Do the teachers use and like the program? Is its use optional
>or required?
> 3. Have heavily do the teachers rely on the points attached to the
>titles?
> 4. Do the teachers set goals for students based on marking periods
>or other timelines?
> 5. What rewards or other incentives are used by the teachers to
>reward goal attainment?
> 6. Is extra money allotted for purchase of tests? Is the librarian
>responsible for their purchase?
Hi Eleanor,
1. Our school generally uses AR with grades 2-4 only (in a K-4 school).
If there are particularly high-level first grade readers (and there are
always a few), their teachers may start them individually on AR after
Christmas.
2. Use of AR is pretty much up to the teacher; all second grade classes
come in for an AR orientation in the fall, so everyone should know what it
is and how to get logged in. After that, it depends a lot on the teacher
and student; some teachers push it more than others, and some students
like to use it more than others.
3. I'm not sure what you mean by "rely on." Student rewards are based on
points (see #5), but we don't encourage anyone to choose based on number
of points--just by color level.
4. Once again, some do, some don't. I have a few third and fourth grade
teachers who use it for grading each quarter (if you don't have X number
of points, you can't get an A), which horrifies me and some of the other
teachers. AR is not meant to be used for grading. Other than that, I'm
not sure about goals within the classroom.
5. At our school, you must get at least 80% correct on a quiz to pass.
You only get the points if you pass; there is no partial credit, or half
points. For every point earned, a student gets a "book buck." Then every
month the reading specialist has an "AR Store" where students can spend
their book bucks on cheapo fun stuff purchased from Oriental Trading
Company. This is school-wide, so teachers don't do individual rewards and
incentives.
6. Extra money is not allotted for tests. I order them along with books,
and therefore pay for them out of my budget.
Hope some of this info helps! Good luck!
Jessica Frohn, LMS
St. Croix Falls Elementary
St. Croix Falls, WI
frohnje@scf.k12.wi.us
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