Accelerated Reader

Accelerated Reader (AR) encourages reading practice by allowing students to earn points after reading (or being read) select AR books.

Point goals

Points are awarded based on book difficulty and percentage of quiz questions answered correctly, with less than 60% correct earning zero points.

For Sagamore Hills Elementary School, earning the following number of AR points results in an award.

Sagamore AR Point Goals

Grade	Points
K	5
1st	10
2nd	20
3rd	30
4th	40
5th	50

Choose an AR book

AR points can be earned only on select AR books (for which an AR quiz is available). You can find AR books in the following places.

• Sagamore Library books with a round orange sticker on their spine
• Any book listed at AR BookFinder

Read the book

Books may be read to a student, students may read on their own, or any combination in-between.

Take a quiz

AR quizzes are taken on school computers. The following opportunities are available.

• In the classroom during class at teacher discretion
• In the Sagamore Library before or after school, subject to computer availability

From a school computer:

1. "Renaissance Place" from the desktop
2. Login in as: "Student"
3. "User Name" is a student ID
4. "Password" is the student's birthday as MMDD (December 30, 2006 = 1230)
5. "Take a Quiz"
6. "Take a Reading Practice Quiz"

Track progress

Website

1. Visit Renaissance Home Connect
2. Login with:

Username

DeKalb student ID

Password

Birthday as MMDD

(Example: A February 7 birthday would have a 0207 password).

Email

To receive email updates of student AR activity:

1. Log into the website (as mentioned earlier)
2. Choose the Email Setup option in the top-right navigation menu

See also

• Sagamore Hills PTA
• Wikipedia
• Renaissance Learning (Program Creator)