Village View School

Reading Counts

                                                
                           Reading Counts at Village View
                                     By Jodi Novy
                                      Principal
                                                                  
 
         Village View students are excited about our new reading 
program called Reading Counts! Reading Counts! will be replacing 
our RAH program that has been utilized in the past.  It is a 
program that enables our students to read books at home and then 
access the computers in their classroom to take a comprehensive 
test.  Village View students are held accountable for 
understanding what they read; a key idea in developing good 
readers.
       The amount of books available to take a test on is 
immense.  Students and parents can access the list online, making 
it more convenient and eco-friendly.  Also, students generate
personalized reading lists that are based on their reading 
abilities and interests.  They select or are assigned 
books from the list and read them independently.  Unique quizzes 
draw from a bank of up to 30 questions which test their 
comprehension skills.
       Reading Counts! provides our students with immediate 
feedback and celebrates student success with age-appropriate 
congratulations screens.  Our new program helps students build 
personal responsibility toward increasing their reading 
achievements by allowing them to help set quantifiable reading 
goals and to track their own progress.  
       With our new program, which is aligned to both state and 
national standards, Village View students are improving their 
reading skills.  They are showing excitement towards reading and 
are reading many genres and topics.  Reading Counts! Is a great 
addition to our current program and will support our readers 
across the curriculum.  Village View students are feverishly 
reading, reading, reading!!

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Scholastic link.  




Reading Counts