Ms. Nagai spoke at the July 19th meeting of the Rotary Club of Kapaa regarding the Accelerated Reading Program. The Rotary Club of Kapaa via its Youth and Community Services committees has chosen to adopt the 24 classrooms of Kindergarden through 2nd grade at Kapaa Elementary School. By raising $15,000 the Rotary Club will be providing 5 specially formatted Accelerated Reading books for each of the 500 students being serviced through this innovative reading instruvtion system

1. ACCELERATED
READING
Book Room

2. Prepare students for
• success in school
• success in the workplace
• success in life
Get out of NCLB Restructuring
Increase Student
Achievement

3. A system for providing
 on-level books for students to
read independently.
 a balance of fiction and non-
fiction titles to address the new
Common Core State Standards
 a system for assessing reading
fluency and comprehension

4. Current Resources Are Inadequate
readability too high
for beginning
readers
low on non-fiction
books not leveled
books designed to
teach reading
collections limited in
range of readability
School Library Classroom Library

5. Importance of On-Level High Interest Books
ZPDRange
of
Difficulty

6. Can easily do
independently
Much
too
difficult
Possible with
some help
ZPD
bored challenged frustrated
The Zone of Proximal Development

7. $7.34

8. $6.25

9. $5.84

10. $6.26

11. $5.36 - $7.19

12. $7.19

13. 500 students in grades K-2
x 5 books per student
2,500 books in circulation
x $6 average cost per book
$15,000 minimum
Current investment is about $15,000
personal library
PTSA
School Funds

14. FAQ
Why so many books?
choice
range of interests
range of reading levels
Why K-2?
appropriate books not currently available
3-5 can search for and read library books
Why books & not passages or ebooks?
availability
passages are used for instruction

15. Computerized
assessment
determines
child’s Zone of
Proximal
Development
Child reads from
The Accelerated
Reading Book
Room Collection
Child’s
Independent
Reading
Level is
identified
Child takes
Online
Comprehension
Quiz
PROCESS

16. Computerized
assessment
determines
child’s Zone of
Proximal
Development
Child reads from
The Accelerated
Reading Book
Room Collection
Child’s
Independent
Reading
Level is
identified
Child takes
Online
Comprehension
Quiz
PROCESS

17. Computerized
assessment
determines
child’s Zone of
Proximal
Development
Child reads from
The Accelerated
Reading Book
Room Collection
Child’s
Independent
Reading
Level is
identified
Child takes
Online
Comprehension
Quiz
PROCESS

18. Computerized
assessment
determines
child’s Zone of
Proximal
Development
Child reads from
The Accelerated
Reading Book
Room Collection
Child’s
Independent
Reading
Level is
identified
Child takes
Online
Comprehension
Quiz
PROCESS

19. Mahalo for Caring!