Ar points

Our school is required to use Accelerated Reader. In order to make this mandatory program fun, I decided to throw away reading logs, and use AR point goals instead. I love giving students Accelerated Reader point goals because it encourages reading and holds students accountable by having them take the AR tests. Granted, I have to have mini-lessons […]

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Our school is required to use Accelerated Reader. In order to make this mandatory program fun, I decided to throw away reading logs, and use AR point goals instead. I love giving students Accelerated Reader point goals because it encourages reading and holds students accountable by having them take the AR tests. Granted, I have to have mini-lessons...

This is my latest Dr. Seuss Bulletin Board undertaking. I was challenged to create a Dr. Seuss board that tracked the number of books a classroom or school read. Obviously, you can change the numbers based on how many students are participating. I did this one based on the number of books a class would have read. The idea here is that for every 5 books a class reads, they would move the hat to track their progress. You could even put a picture of the prize the class wins at the end of the…

I don't know about you, but I absolutely LOVE AR (Accelerated Reader). My firsties are new at it, and the devour books. A huge part of th...

Need help motivating your students to read and take Accelerated Reader tests? These rewards and reward cards do that! By using this rew...

Hi guys, it's been a really long time since I've come on here to just blab about what's going on with my life. I don't know if anyone reads...

Classroom Pictures 2015-2016 Hi friends, come on in and take a peek. So this is my 2nd year teaching and I feel so much more confident in my room set up. I am sure everyone can relate with me and that your first year teaching you don't have much of an idea what your doing. I was so overwhelmed last year especially with moving to a new state, and I only had 2 days, yes you read that right, 2 DAYS! to get my room ready prior to teacher pre-planning. Needless to say lots of tears were shed…