I want to let you know about a change that we'll be making in 4th and 5th grade this quarter. The 5th graders have been trying out a website that allows them to track their reading and answer questions about their books called
Learn2earn. While Accelerated Reader requires students to read certain books,
Learn2earn allows them to read any book. Also, the
Learn2earn site has students answering questions that require higher order thinking, rather than multiple choice questions, and allows them to write about what they think and feel about the book that they're reading. The answers appear in a 'newsfeed' that only our class can access. Parents are also invited to 'like' the student's comments and encourage their children on the newsfeed. We've looked at the site as a school, and are likely to be moving to
Learn2earn next year. The newsfeed looks like this:
This quarter, I'm going to have the 4th graders use
Learn2earn as an option, not a requirement. I'd like both parents and students to have a chance to see what it's like, and give me feedback on it. We'll still do AR as well.
The 5th graders, who've been trying out
Learn2earn as a option, will now be required to log their reading and answer questions. AR will no longer be used in 5th grade. I'll be sending home the login information, requirements and grading rubric early next week to both 4th and 5th grade parents.
After you've had a chance to check out
Learn2earn with your child, please let me know what you think!
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