The scheme also operates in many secondary schools and so it will have texts from ‘Not Now Bernard’ to ‘War and Peace.’ There are nearly 25,000 of these now, so many of our children’s books can be quizzed. Renaissance Place then write a 5 or 10 question quiz on each book. The books your child reads should have a book level in his or her ZPD in order to make real progress.

If they read a book within their ZPD they are more likely to understand. Sometimes children can read or decode all the words in a text but they cannot explain what it is all about. The length of sentences and the difficulty of the sentence structure can be quite a challenge to children, even when they recognise the words which they are reading. These are not the only things which make books easy to read. In many schools, books are gauged partly by the size and the type and partly by reading or glancing at the vocabulary. The best reading progress is achieved when children score 100% for their quizzes. After this, they might try the green and yellow striped books. It is important that the child feels confident at one level before moving up to the next. Once they had scored well on lots of orange books, they could try a yellow one, including some longer books. The child with the ZPD of 2.2 to 4.5 would need orange books to start with. The score from this is called their Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). For example a child with a ZPD of will achieve well if they read books with a Book Level between 2.2 and 4.5. To make choosing a book quicker for the children, they have been colour-coded on the spine and put together in collections. This is done online and every detail of their progress is available to the teacher and support staff.Īccelerated Reader will be referred to as ‘AR’ below.įirst, it is very important that children borrow books at the right level of difficulty for them. It is designed to help children to read more and to understand what they are reading. Every time children finish reading a book, they have the chance to take a 5 or 10 question quiz. This reading scheme is offered by a worldwide company, called Renaissance Place. This system will help with all of these things and help them to value the library and choose books that are at a suitable level for them.

For several years we have worked with a system, called Accelerated Reader which helps motivate children to read and understand what they read. A lot of children can read the words but they are not able to recollect or comprehend what they had read. Everyone at Greswold wants to foster and enhance our pupils’ attitude to reading.

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