Today was tie dye day at Lexi's school, but more important than that she was able to reach a great reading milestone. Her school uses the Accelerated Reader (AR) program. In kindergarten, they start the year off with 50 sight words. To move on to first grade, they have to pass those off - meaning they have 3 seconds to read each word on the list. Once that has been completed, they move on to an additional 100 sight words. If those are passed off, they can start the AR program.
The program reading books (mostly typical library books for this age) and taking a comprehension test on each one. They get points based on their scores. There are levels in the program and when they hit the last three levels they get rewards. For level 10, they get a teddy bear. For level 11, they get to take a movie to school and watch it in the library with a friend they choose. Lexi is showing off her level 11 ticket in the above picture. She has also completed level 12 this week, which means that she gets to go on Destinations (a special field trip) with the librarian. Where they are going is a big secret. I guess I'll find out when I sign the permission slip.
Lexi is very excited about it. This year, they have had more kids reach level 12 than ever before. There are 72 kids out of all of the 9 kindergarten classes. Usually, they are happy to have a few kids from each class.
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