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Enriching our community's love of reading Miami School District has a subscription to TeachingBooks—a website that generates enthusiasm for books and reading in our community. Find book trailers, movies with authors, audio performances, discussion questions, and more--all great ways to engage with books together! Get started and freely use TeachingBooks.
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The Accelerated Reader (AR) Program provides teachers and children a fun and exciting way to promote reading at home and in the classroom.
Students receiving AR awards are honored with a certificate at the “Student of the Month” assemblies.
Accelerated Reader:
– Helps kids get excited about books
– Helps student focus attention on careful reading of books, improving critical-thinking skills
– Provides teachers with reliable, objective information
– Enables teachers to monitor both the quantity and quality of reading practice
– Helps to keep students challenged
– Students can read books within their zone of proximal development (ZPD) – making sure students are challenged without feeling frustrated
Students receiving AR awards are honored with a certificate at the “Student of the Month” assemblies.
Accelerated Reader:
– Helps kids get excited about books
– Helps student focus attention on careful reading of books, improving critical-thinking skills
– Provides teachers with reliable, objective information
– Enables teachers to monitor both the quantity and quality of reading practice
– Helps to keep students challenged
– Students can read books within their zone of proximal development (ZPD) – making sure students are challenged without feeling frustrated
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AR Book Finder allows students and parents to search for books by title or author. The site provides information about the book, including a brief description. It also provides the reading level and the number of AR points received upon successful completion of the quiz.
