Ar bulletin board ideas accelerated reader

Does your school use Accelerated Reader as part of your reading program? My building is completely AR CRAZY~ in a good way! I am here with some AR photos and resources to share with you! This is how we AR! I work AR reading and testing into my Daily 5 rotations. It's a no-brainer and after training my kiddos on procedures, it runs itself. I STAR test my students to find their reading range and assign a best-fit level to each student. Our entire classroom library is organized by AR level. I…

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 […]

They got to take their ribbons home today! They we're so EXCITED!

OK....here is it....my classroom reveal for this year:) I have had kiddos for 2 days and all is going well other than I am WHOOPED when I get home. So here ya go! Hopefully it all makes sense and I have linked to everyone:) This is my desk/small group area. I have used the crate seats for years and love them and so do my kids! All set up for open house in this pic:) This is my fave bulletin board! I LOVE the shiplap paper. I got it from Amazon. This bulletin board idea is from Teaching in…

It sure was a Monday! I stayed late at school today to get all of my plans uploaded, copies made, and organized. WHEW! It feels GREAT! My students are keeping track of the minutes they read AT HOME. We have a contest going on where they can earn prizes and I have a graph on the bulletin board outside of my room. The challenge is for everyone to read 210 minutes, the TSHIRT level! If we all get a T-Shirt, we get a pizza party! YUMM! They are very excited and today, I gave away the seventh…

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…

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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...

Have you heard about The Applicious Teacher’s linky going on right now? She is hosting a weekly link up and this week’s topic is classroom decor. I love looking at teacher’s classrooms. It gives me inspiration to change things up and make my classroom more comfortable to be in. While doing this post I realized ... Read More about Owl Themed Classroom Decor