AR

Super proud mama here!  We had Back-to-School Night at Isa's school this evening.  Her teacher, Mrs. Bates, is a wonderful woman and Isa is thoroughly enjoying first grade.  It was great to hear about what they do during the day and the different types of programs they're in. 

One of the reading programs is called AR.  Isa began this program last year in Kindergarten, but I guess I didn't really know that much about it.  She would check out a book from the library, read it 3 times at home, and then go back to school and take a little quiz on it.  She earns points for every quiz she passes, and right now she's working toward earning enough points to receive a library card. 

What I learned tonight is that many of our books at home are AR books as well.  Mrs. Bates showed us how to use the AR website to check.  It also shows the grade level of the book as well as how many points it's worth.  Of course I was curious, so I typed in the names of the books Isa's been reading lately, and found that most of them are levels 2.9 and 3.1.....which means she's reading at about a 3rd grade level!!  So proud of my baby girl!!!