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Reading Counts Grade Lists!
Scholastic Reading Counts is a reading incentive computer program that has been in use in our school library for over 17 years. Students in Grades 3-8 read a book that is on the Reading Counts list and then they take a short multiple choice quiz on a computer that runs the Reading Counts program. The student then prints a report that shows if he/she has passed the quiz. Each teacher makes the decision whether to require their reading students to pass a certain number of quizzes during the school year.
Starting in September, 2009, the way that students choose the Reading Counts books that they want to read will change. Formerly, there were grade level lists of book titles that each grade would use to choose appropriate RC books. This year, our school has subscribed to the entire Reading Counts database of titles. Currently, we have over 10,000 quizzes in the database. Right now, students may take a quiz on any book in the OLW Library that has a blue “RC” dot on the spine. Because the database covers a wide range of books appropriate for Grades 3 through 8, students need to check with their reading teachers to determine if the library book that they have chosen will count toward their RC requirement. As an example, eighth grade students cannot expect to get Reading Counts credit for reading a book with a reading level of 3.5 that is 50 pages long.
For more information on the Reading Counts program click here.
For an update on the current contest, click here.
NEW READING COUNTS QUIZ LIST
(It's a big list. It may take some time to load)
Below are lists that show great choices for each grade level, but students may take quizzes from any list: