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General Information
Good Shepherd Catholic School is committed to increasing your child's comprehension and reading skills. This year, we have adapted the Accelerated Reader and STAR reading programs as an additional resource to help improve student achievement and learning progress. Accelerated Reader and STAR are online software based programs designed to motivate students to improve upon these reading and comprehension skills. Tests will be taken in the classroom and in computer lab. All AR books and tests are listed on each classroom and school computer. They are also on our school’s media indexing tab. Homeroom teachers will help assign students with their appropriate reading level. It is a school-wide expectation that each student read 30 minutes each day!
ZPD Definition
Each student is assigned a Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The ZPD is tested at the beginning of the school year. The ZPD can be located on the STAR Reading report. The ZPD is a set of numbers showing the lowest reading level and the highest reading level appropriate for each student. Students should choose books on or in between these numbers to help make sure they are reading books that are not too easy or too difficult. For example, a student with ZPD 1.1 – 2.1 should choose books that are for a student who is reading at 1st grade, 1st month to 2nd grade, 1st month. The average reading level for this student would be somewhere in between these two numbers. (levels for the example student are: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,2.0,2.1)
AR Goals
The goals are the minimum number of AR points each student should get. Each student’s goal is based on his or her reading level. Students should strive to take one to two tests per week depending on their reading level. Our goal is that the students will make 100% on each test they take. However, students who earn less then 100% on their test scores may need to read more AR books per week to test on in order to reach their goal.
Tests
When your child has read his or her AR book. the homeroom teacher will schedule an AR test in the classroom or computer lab. Tests may NOT be taken at home and will be under the direct supervision of the AR assistant or homeroom teacher.
Good Shepherd Catholic School is committed to increasing your child's comprehension and reading skills. This year, we have adapted the Accelerated Reader and STAR reading programs as an additional resource to help improve student achievement and learning progress. Accelerated Reader and STAR are online software based programs designed to motivate students to improve upon these reading and comprehension skills. Tests will be taken in the classroom and in computer lab. All AR books and tests are listed on each classroom and school computer. They are also on our school’s media indexing tab. Homeroom teachers will help assign students with their appropriate reading level. It is a school-wide expectation that each student read 30 minutes each day!
ZPD Definition
Each student is assigned a Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The ZPD is tested at the beginning of the school year. The ZPD can be located on the STAR Reading report. The ZPD is a set of numbers showing the lowest reading level and the highest reading level appropriate for each student. Students should choose books on or in between these numbers to help make sure they are reading books that are not too easy or too difficult. For example, a student with ZPD 1.1 – 2.1 should choose books that are for a student who is reading at 1st grade, 1st month to 2nd grade, 1st month. The average reading level for this student would be somewhere in between these two numbers. (levels for the example student are: 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,2.0,2.1)
AR Goals
The goals are the minimum number of AR points each student should get. Each student’s goal is based on his or her reading level. Students should strive to take one to two tests per week depending on their reading level. Our goal is that the students will make 100% on each test they take. However, students who earn less then 100% on their test scores may need to read more AR books per week to test on in order to reach their goal.
Tests
When your child has read his or her AR book. the homeroom teacher will schedule an AR test in the classroom or computer lab. Tests may NOT be taken at home and will be under the direct supervision of the AR assistant or homeroom teacher.
Mr. Joseph C. Hight
CPU Technology K - 8th Grade
Religion 7th and 8th Grade
Yearbook Multimedia 8th Grade
Email: cteacher1@goodshepherdcatholic.net
Email2: josephchight@gmail.com
Phone Number: (858) 693-1522 x 1320
Motto: "It is nice to be important, but it is important to be nice." - John Cassis
CPU Technology K - 8th Grade
Religion 7th and 8th Grade
Yearbook Multimedia 8th Grade
Email: cteacher1@goodshepherdcatholic.net
Email2: josephchight@gmail.com
Phone Number: (858) 693-1522 x 1320
Motto: "It is nice to be important, but it is important to be nice." - John Cassis