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Post by irisheyes on Aug 29, 2014 3:32:35 GMT
As a reading teacher, I am so glad our school doesn't do the AR program. I think it is a horrible program.
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 29, 2014 3:44:55 GMT
My twins one boy one girl. The boy who struggles with reading and was below grade level( although in 6th grade he had a fantastic teacher who really helped him a lot and is now reading on the low end of his level) had his IQ tested in the superior range of intelligence but would have to concentrate so hard on reading the words that he didn't comprehend them. He did not like AR at all. Even his resource teacher thought it was a waste of time for him. Eventually I would make him read the book then I would read it to him. He would then pass the test. This was suggested by his resource teacher as she was working with him in other ways and he was just starting to hate reading because he always failed the test. Now in 7th grade he is starting to enjoy reading and is actually reading books for pleasure on his own.
Now his sister loved AR. She is competitive by nature even though she is not crazy about reading. She won 2 years in a row highest AR points for her grade level 4th and 5th grade. She well exceeded her required points. It was a contest to her. There were no prizes but a party every quarter after school if you had met your goal. Now in 7th grade she is in all advanced classes and still does not read for pleasure. While she loved the competition she is glad to not do AR any longer.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 14:44:13 GMT
I hated AR also. My kids (20 and21 now) always loved to read, but they wanted to read what they wanted to read. And they always read at a higher reading level than they should have been. So, when they were wanting to read things like Harry Potter, it was not considered an AR book either at all or for their grade. It was so frustrating because they would feel like failures because their points were low, but in all honesty they were reading twice as much as some of the other students.
Fortunately at the time they got their love to read from me. Now, you couldn't pay them to read a book and it is frustrating. I still contend that AR is what killed it.
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