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Using myON for AR Goals

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Welcome!

Susan Lopes

Educational Technology Specialist

lopess@bcsd.com

Listen

Learn

Ask

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Norms

Mute Use Chat Be Patient Be Positive

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BCSD Core Priorities

Priority 2:

A Culture of Teaching and Learning

We believe grade level mastery of content standards (Language, Literacy, Mathematics and the Sciences) are critical for college and career readiness.

Priority 3:

A Culture of Student Centered Schools

We believe in the power of relationships, the importance of teaching self awareness and self management techniques leading to responsible decision making to support the development of the whole child to compete in our global economy.

Priority 4:

A Culture of Access and Inclusion to Ensure a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for All Learners

We believe implementing a coherent system is vital to meet the academic, behavioral and social emotional needs

of all students.

Priority 1:

Priority 1: A Culture of Collective Efficacy

We believe in the collective capacity of our staff and the ability of staff at each school to positively affect student achievement.

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BCSD Mission & Vision

Our vision in Bakersfield City School District is to be the model of educational excellence, equity and innovation.

-BCSD Vision

Bakersfield City School District’s mission is to educate all students at the highest levels of academic excellence to become collaborative, creative, and critical thinkers.

- BCSD Mission

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What do you want to walk away with today?

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Our Purpose

Learning Intention - We will learn how to use Accelerated Reader and myON to promote independent reading.

Success Criteria - We will know we are successful when we are able set and monitor AR goals, group students, show students how to navigate myOn while self tracking

AR progress, and share books

with students.

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Using myON for AR Goals

Set AR Goals

Group Students

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Navigation and Progress (student view)

Share Books (bundles and projects)

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Set AR Goals

1 - Log in to Renaissance

2- Click on Accelerated Reader 360 and select Record Books & Goals from drop down.

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Set AR Goals

3- Click on Student Goals

4 - Select a marking period

5 - Select students and then click on the blue box to set goals.

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Set AR Goals

6- A box will pop up. Make selections from each drop down. It is suggested to choose “Each student’s best test this school year” in the first box.

For the next three boxes choose the best fit for your class. Click on “Apply” when finished.

7- Look over the goals and decide if you want to make any adjustments. For example, if you see that a goal is too high or too low for a student you can manually adjust it. When you are finished, click on “Save Goals.”

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YOU TRY!

Set AR Goals for 2nd or 3rd trimester. Remember you can ALWAYS go back and change them.

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Using myON for AR Goals

Set AR Goals

Group Students

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Navigation and Progress (student view)

Share Books (bundles and projects)

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Group Students

There are MANY ways to group students. Using the STAR Screening report is just one way to quickly screen your class and group by STAR Reading levels.

1- From the Renaissance home page click on reports, and then choose Star/Assessment from drop down.

2- Open Star Screening Report

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Group Students

3- Make appropriate selections for your class or group of students. Make sure you select the most recent screening period. Scale should stay on Star Enterprise and Benchmark type is District. Check the boxes if you want to show GE and test location. Click Update Report.

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YOU TRY!

Run a screening report on your class and see if you would use this to help you group your students in myOn.

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Using myON for AR Goals

Set AR Goals

Group Students

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Navigation and Progress (student view)

Share Books (bundles and projects)

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Student Navigation

Students can track their progress by clicking on Accelerated Reader (orange box)

And then clicking on Progress (trophy)

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Student Navigation

Younger students will see a flower that illustrates progress. Older students will see a chart.

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Student Navigation

When a student reads a book in myON, they can click the orange button to go directly to the AR quiz.

If they click out of the screen and cannot remember which book they read, they can click on the icon by their name,

then click on activity

This will bring up the last

books the student read. From

there they can click on the

book and the orange AR

button will come up again.

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Student Navigation

Teachers can recommend books by creating a bundle. Students can access the bundle in their library under “Recommended”

Teachers can assign books to students using the Project function. Student can access the assigned books in the “Projects” folder.

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Demo Accounts

***These are for Demo Purposes the do need to log into the actual Renaissance URL NOT Clever.

URL: https://global-zone51.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/275969

Student Demo Accounts:

Grade 1

Username: bcsd_student1

Password: BCSD2020

Grade 4

Username: bcsd_student2

Password: BCSD2020

Grade 6:

Username: bcsd_student3

Password: BCSD2020

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Set AR Goals

Group Students

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Navigation and Progress (student view)

Share Books (bundles and projects)

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Bundles

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Bundles

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Bundles

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Projects (Easy Way to Assign Books to Students)

Click on Classroom and

then Projects

Select +Create New Project

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Projects

Title the project either class name, or group name.

Then click Save

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Projects

After a project is titled, books can be added to it. When searching books, hover over the book to enable this tab

After clicking info, this window will pop up. Click on the folders.

Projects will appear in the dropdown. Select project name and then save

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Projects

To assign to students click on Classroom, then projects

Select project then click Assign

Search class for students

Click the +to add students then click Apply

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Set AR Goals

Group Students

Progress (student view)

Share Books (bundles and projects)

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Questions?

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Using myON for AR Goals

Evaluation Link

go.bcsd.gg1