The Jackson Academy Accelerated Reader Program consists of second to fourth-grade students. This program encourages a love of reading in students to help them become life-long readers. This program provides a guide for selecting literature that students will read to get a variety of materials. The AR Program increases reading comprehension and vocabulary.
The students above are second through fourth graders who are one hundred point readers. Back Row: (Left to Right) Joseph Banks (4th grade), Hughes Herring (2nd grade), Evans Maxwell (3rd grade), Addison Harris (3rd grade), Carmen Claire Thrash (3rd grade), Miyah Jones (3rd grade), Trinity Braboy (4th grade). Front Row: (Left to Right) Adeleine Valone (2nd grade), Emma Gonzalez (4th grade), Alena Asher (4th grade), Taylor Collins (3rd grade), Caroline Reeves (4th grade).
Throughout the year, young Raiders are recognized for achieving their reading goals that were set each quarter. Many students from second to fourth grade reach incredible reading levels! Fourth-grade student, Joseph Banks read one million words in second grade, third grade, and this year in fourth grade. Another fourth-grade student, Trinity Braboy, read one million words in third grade and this year, fourth grade. Both students are pictured below and have surpassed one hundred and fifty reader points.
Lower School Librarian Lynn Watson said, “Since the beginning of the school year students in grades 2-4 have read over 39 million words through the Accelerated Reader program. Each day students have a set-aside AR time in class to read independently and take quizzes to meet their individual goals. Building on JA’s tradition of teaching reading, our AR program helps students to improve their reading skills, expand their vocabulary, explore their intellectual curiosity, and most importantly, establish a daily reading habit.”
Each student takes a STAR Reading Test at the beginning of each semester, to establish their reading level range. Students then have a selection of books to read from that they will understand and still challenge them. Individual student goals are set at each grading term: The first goal is to score 85 percent correctness on a quiz, the second goal is the number of points earned, and the third goal is to complete two books on the book genre list. Every goal set is created with the help of the teacher so that the goal will be attainable yet ambitious.
This is the second through fourth-grade race track posted outside the library door. Here the students can track their scores and start reading groups with their friends.
