Reading Programs

Accelerated Reader - Pizza Hut Book-It - Junior Readers' Club - RIF

Accelerated Reader

(Grades 2nd - 5th; 1st - practice) 

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computerized reading program in which students can take quizzes on books and earn points.  The amount of points a student earns depends on the value of each quiz and the student’s performance on the quiz.  In our media center, books that have AR quizzes have an orange dot on the spine that indicates the point value of that book.   Points are accumulated from the beginning to the end of the school year, and start fresh each year.

This program is mainly for 2nd – 5th grades (Junior Reader’s Club is for K-1st), but 1st grade students are enrolled in AR for practice.  The 1st grade teachers have their own system and rewards for their students’ participation.  Below are prizes and points required for grades 2 through 5.

                                             

           Prizes
Points
2nd
3rd
4th
5th

Race into Reading Pencil

3
5
7

10

 

Race into Reading Bracelet

6
10
14
20

 

Race into Reading

Key Chain

9
15
21
30

 

READ Timer

12
20
28
40

 

Amherst Elementary Race into Reading Pedometer

15
25
35
50

Your Photo on the

AR All Star Wall

18
30
42
60

Pizza Hut Book-It

(All grades)

Pizza Hut Book-It is a reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut restaurants.  It provides a certificate for a free personal pan pizza to students who reach reading goals.  Students may earn one certificate per month from October to March.  Students’ reading goals are:

K, 1st, and 2nd – 5 picture books

3rd, 4th, and 5th – 2 chapter books

Download the monthly reading form here, or use this form created by Amherst parent Sharon Perdue, or:

Please send a note to the library that lists:

  • Your child’s name
  • Your child’s teacher
  • Titles of books read
  • Your signature and date

Please note:  Pizza Hut considers certificates valid for one month after issued.

Junior Readers' Club

(Grades K & 1st)

This program encourages parents and children to read together.  Each nine weeks, from the 2nd to the 4th, students should read/listen to 15 picture books.  A reading sheet will be sent home on which the titles of these books can be listed and returned to school.  Students who turn in completed reading sheets by the deadline will receive a prize.

Below are links to the reading sheets for the 2007 - 2008 school year:

First Reading Sheet (2nd Nine Weeks)

Second Reading Sheet (3rd Nine Weeks)

Third Reading Sheet (4th Nine Weeks)

 

 

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)

(All Grades)

Three times a year, students will be able to choose a RIF book during library class.  This book is free - it has been purchased with federal and school funds.

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy organization.  RIF's mission is to:

   * Ensure that every child believes in the value of books and the importance of reading.
   * Assist children and their families with the fundamental resources children need to become motivated to read.
   * Lead in the creation and development of national, regional and local collaborations building strong community-based children’s and family  literacy programs.

For more information, click on:   Reading Is Fundamental