- The Reading Renaissance program has 4
components: reading practice, Accelerated
Reader (computer part), a motivational
system with rewards, and the teacher’s role
which is to motivate, instruct, monitor, and
intervene.
- Reading Practice
- Accelerated Reader (computer tests
students take after reading AR books)
- Motivational System –
- Teachers set goals (point, book
levels) for each student on an
individual basis. They reward students
within classrooms for small goals with
stickers, smiley faces, pencils, etc.
- School has reward parties or
assemblies set up for everyone each nine
weeks when the entire school reaches 50%
of its goal with test scores averaging
85% or higher.
- Points equal practice. It is not
a competition. We would rather see a
student read carefully and appropriately
and score well on a test than to see one
race through a book just to get to take
a test and acquire minimum or no
points. Coaches would rather have
players have a good practice for a
better game than a lousy practice.
- Intervention by teacher
- Motivation
- Monitor students daily. Make sure
students are reading a book on their
level, and making progress.
- Instruct mini-lessons on reading
skills needed to improve reading
comprehension.
- Intervene when students are not
successful, helping them choose a more
appropriate book and/or using
appropriate strategies.
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