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This year our children began participating in the accelerated reading program at school. Accelerated Reader is a progress monitoring software assessment widely used by primary and secondary schools to monitor students’ reading practice.
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Accelerated Reader accesses a student’s reading level, suggests titles of books at that level, and then assess whether a student has completed reading popular accelerated reader books by asking a short series of quiz questions. The best part is, not only do our children want to read the selections Accelerated Reader suggests for them, but they are excited about reading for the first time.
The following books are just a few of the hundreds of popular accelerated readers available for kids to read. Other popular accelerated readers include the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney, Lemony Snicket and Rick Riordan. More importantly, all of the accelerated readers on this list are approved for accelerated reader tests.
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first grade accelerated reading books
- solo, mayer, mercer
- biscuit, capucilli, alyssa satin
- buzz boy and fly guy, arnold, tedd
- the cat in the hat, seuss, dr.
- clifford the big red dog, bridwell, norman
- david goes to school, shannon, david
- goodnight moon, brown, margaret wise
- was so mad, mayer, mercer
- more spaghetti i mean!, gelman, rita golden
- the very hungry caterpillar, carle , Eric
grade 2 accelerated reader books
- amelia bedelia, parish, peggy
- pana, free man, don
- diary of a worm, cronin, doreen
- the giving tree , silverstein, shel
- henry and mudge and the starry night, rylant, cynthia
- miss nelson is missing!, allard, harry
- the director of the black lagoon, thaler, mike
- the super flying boy, arnold, tedd
- the little seed, carle, eric
- where the wild things are, sendak, maurice
3rd grade accelerated reader books
- alexander and the terrible, horrible, bad, very bad day, viorst, judith
- cloudy with a chance of meatballs, barrett, judiciary
- diary of a wimpy kid , kinney, jeff
- first day jitters, danneberg, julie
- the polar express, van allsburg, chris
- stone fox, gardiner, john reynolds
- tonight on the titanic, osborne, mary pope
- the true story of the 3 little pigs, scieszka, jon
- two bad ants, van allsburg, chris
- wolf!, flower, becky
4th grade accelerated reader books
- akiak: an iditarod story, blake, robert j.
- greatest christmas pageant ever, robinson, barbara
- big nate strikes again, peirce, lincoln
- charlotte’s web, white, e.b.
- dear mrs. larue: letters from obedience school, teague, mark
- frindle, clements, andrew
- the big kapok, cherry, lynne
- heat wave! , ketteman, helen
- tales from a not so fabulous life, russell, rachel renée
- tales from a nothing fourth grade, blume, judy
5th grade accelerated reader books
- the bad start, snicket, lemony
- bridge to terabithia, paterson, katherine
- bud, not buddy, curtis, christopher paul
- harry potter and the philosopher’s stone, rowling, j.k.
- axe, paulsen, gary
- the invention of hugo cabret: a novel with words and pictures, selznick, brian
- manic magee, spinelli, jerry
- tales of a not so talented popstar, russell, rachel renée
- eternal tuck, babbitt, natalie
- where red fern grows, rawls, wilson
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grade 6 accelerated reader books
- in hiding, haddix, margaret peterson
- el cay, taylor, theodore
- diary of a wimpy kid: dog days, kinney, jeff
- the giver, lowry, lois
- harry potter and the chamber of secrets, rowling, j.k.
- number the stars, lowry, lois
- the red pyramid, riordan, rick
- tales of a not so popular party girl, russell, rachel renée
- throne of fire, riordan, rick
- the wide window, snicket , lemon
7th grade accelerated reader books
- dawn, meyer, stephenie
- a carol (unabridged), dickens, charles
- holes, sachar, louis
- the giver, lowry , lois
- the outsiders, hinton, se.
- rikki-tikki-tavi, kipling, rudyard
- thunderroll, hear my cry, taylor, mildred d.
- tangerine, bloor, edward
- playing spirit bear, mikaelsen, ben
- the watsons go to birmingham-1963, curtis, christopher paul
grade 8 accelerated reader books
- animal farm, orwell, george
- the boy in the striped pajamas, boyne, john
- the call of the wild, london, jack
- the diary of anne frank, goodrich, frances
- my brother sam is dead, miner, james lincoln
- night, wiesel, elie
- nothing more than truth, avi
- the pearl, steinbeck, john
- the pigman, zindel, paul
- to kill a mockingbird, lee, harper
grades 9 – 12 accelerated reader books
- anthem, rand, ayn
- dear john, sparks, nicholas
- frankenstein (unabridged), shelley, mary
- the great gatsby, fitzgerald, f. scott
- the help, stockett, kathryn
- julius caesar, shakespeare, william
- lord of the flies, golding, william
- the lucky one, sparks, nicholas
- the notebook, sparks, nicholas
- of mice and men, steinbeck, john
Do you have a favorite popular accelerated reader to add to our list? leave the title in the comments below.
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