Midway Elementary Professional Development School

Where All Children Learn

Accelerated Reader

     Our goal in reading instruction is to develop lifelong learners who love to read. Reading is crucial to everything we do as active members of society. It helps us earn a living, participate in politics, understand science, care for our families, and stay healthy. Reading also fosters personal growth. Books are windows that enable us to see into the hearts and minds of other human beings. As we read, we learn from their experiences and insights, and often we are entertained in the process.

     Accelerated Reader is most effective when it is central to the reading curriculum and combined with classroom instruction.  We guide our students’ reading practice, give them appropriate books based on their individual reading levels, provide timely, constructive feedback, and help them set and achieve specific reading goals.

    Our test results indicate this research-based program is making a difference in the reading abilities of Midway’s students.

Midway student reading an AR book before taking a computerized test