Way to go my girl! We have a program at school called Accelerated Reading, or AR. The elementary kids are divided into teams and read books. The books have to bevpart of the program but are very far reaching. The kids then take computer tests on the book and earn points. Of course it is a great contest, team against team. Caitlyn is on team Dolphin, in third place. However, her grade is only in second place. Which means that only one other grade ( I think fifth) is higher than first grade in number of points. Team Dolphin consists of kids from K-6. Caitlyn is the second highest point earner for her team. She had a goal based on her postion in first grade-6 points in this six week period. She passed that and I challenged her to get to 15 points and I would get her ice cream at DQ. She missed one day of school and still made the points. We went to DQ and were very proud. So I said, thinking that with only 1 week left in the 6 week period, make it to 25 and we can go again. She come home from school with 24 points. She read two books at home and will test on those tomorrow. So guess who is going to score DQ again?!!
But the way cool thing is......she is reading chapter books!! I am so super proud of her. She has great comprehension because her test scores are excellent.
Like mother like daughter, books are our friends. And if anyone has any books in the "Jenny Dale Pony Tales" series, please let me know!!!
3 comments:
Wow!! That is great! We are all proud of her!
Harry Potter books are worth MEGA points! Like 10-20 or so EACH. Little House books are worth a few points each, too. I think in 2nd grade Shelby got 107 points (but she is a HUGE reader).
Oh, and WAY TO GO Caitlyn!!!
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