Scholastic Reading Counts is a program designed to encourage self-paced, independent reading. It is very similar to the Accelerated Reader program your child may have participated in previously.
Thanks to the generosity of our building principal and our PTA
we have 5,840 Scholastic Reading Counts quizzes.
Although many of the quizzes available are for our school library books, the listing is NOT limited to our school library selection. Quizzes may be available for books from my classroom library, the public library, or your child's home library.
Click the "SEARCH" link below to see if a book you'd like to read has a Reading Counts quiz available. The quiz listing is organized alphabetically, by book title. Happy Reading!
Did you read a great book and NOT find it on the current list of available quizzes?
Please email me with a suggestion of a title to add to the quiz listing!
Titles A-C
Titles D-H
Titles I-O
Titles P-Z
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Alphabetical by Title
MY CHILD READ A BOOK. NOW WHAT?
- Once your child has completed reading a book he/she has selected, a multiple-choice quiz is taken on our classroom computers. Time is provided EVERY day in our classroom to take quizzes.
- Points are earned based on your child's quiz score.
- Point goals are set in our classroom each marking period.
- Letters will be sent home by me to families to explain this.
WHAT ARE SCHOLASTIC READING COUNTS QUIZZES LIKE?
- Scholastic,the company that provides Reading Counts quizzes,has sample quizzes available for viewing.
MY CHILD IS REPEATEDLY FAILING QUIZZES. WHY MIGHT THIS HAPPEN?
Several factors may influence your child's success on a Reading Counts quiz:
* Is the book level too challenging?
* Was there a long period of time between when your child completed reading the book and when the quiz was taken?
* Did your child read too quickly?
HOW DO I DETERMINE IF A BOOK LEVEL IS TOO CHALLENGING FOR MY CHILD?
- Children have been asked to use the "five-finger guide" to decide if a book is too challenging:
* Children read the first 2 pages of the book selected. Each time he/she comes to a word they don't understand or can't pronounce, a finger is held up. If, at the end of the first two pages, 5 fingers are up, the book level is too challenging.
MY CHILD READ A BOOK, BUT THE QUIZ IS NOT AVAILABLE IN OUR BUILDING
- Please email me or ask your child to add the title/author to our building's Wish List.
- Our building principal and PTA provide generous support for this program on a yearly basis.
- Additional quizzes are purchased each year, based on requests from students, families, and teachers.
