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Great Books to Read Aloud

Accelerated Reading

Accelerated Reader is a software program created by Renaissance Learning and used in many schools to encourage reading. How the program is used in an individual classroom may vary from one school to the next.

Students read a book at his/her reading level, then take a test on the computer. Questions include vocabulary and comprehension for the story, and students earn points based on the number of questions they answer correctly. For more information contact your child’s school, talk to your child’s teacher, or visit the Renaissance Learning website.

 

The Plainfield COmmunity School Corporation is now making every test available for students to take. To look for a book with an AR test, go to the Quiz Store.

Some of the Avon schools have their AR lists available online, too. For more information, check the web page for each school. These can be found at http://www.avon.k12.in.us/TheSchools/acsc_schoolwebpages.html

All AR tests are taken at school. They are not offered online, nor can tests be taken at the public library. Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library does not have all of the books on the Accelerated Reader list.

Staff has started to label the AR books to make it easier to find books at the right level. The first part of each collection is done, so that is a good place to start. The labels are purple, and have the AR reading level right on the book spine.

The Children's Room will continue to keep the traditional AR binders for now, but they are outdated. Each binder contains two lists. The first list is arranged by reading level, and goes from the lowest level to the highest. The second list is arranged alphabetically by title.

 

Town of Plainfield Values Booklists

For more about this community project, contact the school corporation offices. We plan to add new titles as we find them. Please send us an email if you have other titles to suggest!

Our Values Booklists are below:

January Equal Opportunity
February Honesty
March Reliability
April Respect for the Environment 
May Integrity
August Truth and Respect for Law and Rules
September Dignity and Self-esteem
October Responsibility, Accountability, and Justice
November Respect for Others' Rights
December Kindness