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501 South Washington
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970)488-4825
Fax: (970)488-4827
Absence Reporting Line: (970)488-4826

Principal: Deborah Ellis  

Dan Shinneman, Media Specialist
Randi Robinson, Media Assistant

Dunn Media Center - Student Weblinks

Accelerated Reader Collection

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Accelerated Reader is a nationally recognized reading management program used at Dunn and at many other schools in Poudre School District. The idea behind Accelerated Reader is for students to select and read a book in the Accelerated Reading system, take a computerized comprehension test on the book, and share the results with the teacher. This is one way we monitor and foster growth in reading comprehension.

First, we test our students for a ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) level by using a companion program called S.T.A.R.. The ZPD defines the reading level range from which a student should be selecting Accelerated Reader books for optimal growth in reading without frustration. Accelerated Reader books in the Media Center are marked with colored coded spine labels to indicate the reading level of their readability level:

Green Circle	Reading level 0.5-1.9
Yellow Circle	Reading level 2.0-2.9
Red circle	Reading level 3.0 to 3.9
Blue circle	Reading level 4.0 to 6.9
White circle	Reading level 7.0 and above

After students have been tested, teachers help them check out Accelerated Reader books within their ZPD. For example, a student with a ZPD of 2.6 to 3.7 should check out an Accelerated Reader book with a red circle. Students at Dunn may select from over 3000 Accelerated Reader titles, including classics, newer fiction, and some nonfiction books. When students finish reading a book, they take the Accelerated Reader comprehension test. Students earn points as they pass tests. Individual classrooms have established procedures for implementing Accelerated Reader. Please ask your child's teacher for information about how Accelerated Reader is used in the classroom.

Visit the Renaissance Learning website to learn more about Accelerated Reader and to view sample quizzes.

Our Accelerated Reader book collection may be accessed online. Just choose the spreadsheet that would be most helpful. Printouts of the spreadsheets are kept in the blue Accelerated Reader Index notebooks housed by the lookup stations in the Media Center.

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Cataloging can be found at PSD Library Catalog

Children's Literature Web Guide

This is a great site for Internet resources related to books for children and young adults!

Dan Shinneman, Media Specialist
Randi Robinson, Media Assistant