Advisory+++SRC

Scholastic Reading Counts
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 7.28 – 7.53

Teachers read daily, along with students

 o students read daily, and take computer 10-question multiple choice quizzes over their books (computer program grades and records quizzes, points and grades). 70% is considered passing, and students may retake the quiz after 24 hours if they do not pass on the first attempt.

 o during Advisory, students will be allowed to come to the library to check out books and take quizzes. Deborah will be in the library to assist with quiz taking, recording scores and points on student’s reading log, and book checkouts.

 o students will be given a grade for this class (A – D)

 o SRC books have lexiled reading “levels” and “points”. Longer books, not necessarily harder books, typically have more points. For the first quarter grades will be based on points as follows:

A – 40 Midterm – 20 B – 30 Midterm – 15 C – 20 Midterm – 10 D – 15 Midterm – 7

 o this is a work in progress; changes can/will be made as we go along and see what works and what doesn’t. Requirements could change from quarter to quarter.
 * Facts in nonfiction books can be more difficult to remember. A suggestion is that students be allowed to take notes on vocabulary and important facts from these books.
 * You will be provided with reading logs and nonfiction note sheets.
 * The district has purchased access to __all__ SRC quizzes (thousands!). If a student wants to read a book from home or another library, you (or I) can go to [|http://src.scholastic.com] to see if a quiz is available. Simply use the “Quick find” search bar, by title or author.