Accelerated Reader

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Accelerated Reader (AR) encourages reading practice by allowing students to earn points after reading (or being read) select AR books.

Point goals

Points are awarded based on book difficulty and percentage of quiz questions answered correctly, with less than 60% correct earning zero points.

For Sagamore Hills Elementary School, earning the following number of AR points results in an award.

Sagamore AR Point Goals
Grade Points
K 5
1st 10
2nd 20
3rd 30
4th 40
5th 50

Choose an AR book

AR points can be earned only on select AR books (for which an AR quiz is available). You can find AR books in the following places.

Read the book

Books may be read to a student, students may read on their own, or any combination in-between.

Take a quiz

AR quizzes are taken on school computers. The following opportunities are available.

  • In the classroom during class at teacher discretion
  • In the Sagamore Library before or after school, subject to computer availability

From a school computer:

  1. "Renaissance Place" from the desktop
  2. Login in as: "Student"
  3. "User Name" is a student ID
  4. "Password" is the student's birthday as MMDD (December 30, 2006 = 1230)
  5. "Take a Quiz"
  6. "Take a Reading Practice Quiz"

Track progress

Website

  1. Visit Renaissance Home Connect
  2. Login with:
Username
DeKalb student ID
Password
Birthday as MMDD
(Example: A February 7 birthday would have a 0207 password).

Email

To receive email updates of student AR activity:

  1. Log into the website (as mentioned earlier)
  2. Choose the Email Setup option in the top-right navigation menu

See also


Sagamore Hills Elementary School
Classes 2014-2015 Pre-K • Kindergarten • First • Second (High, Quinn, Xu) • Third • Fourth • Fifth
Discovery
Facilities Library (Media Center)Computer LabScience Lab
Programs GardenSTEMScience NightAccelerated Reader (AR)Talent ShowMath Stars