NEW!!! Online Version of AR

We have switched to a new on-line version of Accelerated Reader. Although the new version is on-line, the program will only allow students to take quizzes when they are logged into a computer on the school network. Because the new version is on-line, parents can check on their child’s quiz results and see his/her progress toward quarterly goals. The home login web address is https://hosted99.renlearn.com/50633/HomeConnect/Login.aspx. Once at this site, you simply enter the child’s user name and password. (If they don’t know it, email mfitzgeral@rockdale.k12.ga.us.)
From the homeconnect site for AR . . .
· You’ll be able to see your child’s accuracy for the quarter. We are aiming for the accuracy to be 80% and above.
· You can see your child’s progress towards his/her goal. This will show the number of points they’ve earned from all the books they have quizzed on for the quarter. Most upper grade classes don’t count points from books read aloud or by the class as a group, so check with your child’s language arts teacher for clarification on which points count towards independent reading/AR goals.
· You’ll also see the average book level students are reading. On the right side of the screen you’ll see the cover of the book they have most recently quizzed on and the results.
· “My Bookshelf” is a link located below the most recent quiz information. If you click on that, it will show a bookshelf showing the cover of all the titles your child has taken quizzes on since they began using the AR program.
· “AR Bookfinder” is a link at the bottom right on the homeconnect site. This link will allow you to search for a specific title, to see if there is a quiz available for that title, and to see what the reading level and point value are for that particular book. (NOTE: Hightower Trail does NOT have every book for which a quiz is available! However, if you obtain the book from another source, your child will be able to take that quiz.)
We used to have 10,000 quizzes. Now, with the new on-line version, we have 100,000 quizzes! Please visit the Hightower Trail Elementary Media Center website at http://www.rockdale.k12.ga.us/personal/mfitzgeral/media/default.aspx