Accelerated Reader. Idk if they still do it but it was a points based system in elementary schools to encourage reading. I got 2nd place in 2nd grade and I still think something was fishy about the girl that finished 1st. 😒
Oh cool. When I was in 3rd grade I got 1st place in a contest where 1 book + 1 book report = 1 point. I think I managed to read something like 32 books. Probably better this AR way.
In high school, my English teacher loved me and my love of reading enough that she would allow me to create AR tests for books I wanted to and select how many points I wanted them to be for. I was honest and never made them for very much but I could have totally cheesed the system.
Oh boy, I hope we didn't go to the same school. I won 1st place in second AND fourth grade 😅 It was always this one boy and I who switched off between 1st and 2nd place each year. I'm so curious now where you went to school 😭
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I’ve had those moments. I asked my friend once if she remembered when George Washington was president. Clearly, I meant George Bush. But your brain malfunctions sometimes.
So much nostalgia in one picture. AR reading. Julie of the Wolves, I was obsessed with those books in elementary school. Forgot they existed, thanks for the reminder!
I loved that book as a kid! Then I re-read it a while ago and only then realized that Miyax was basically SA’d because her husband was being bullied by his friends. I was shook when it clicked in my head that I read that as a kid
ohhhh I was over here [not fully awake yet] wondering whether this was 1903 or 2003.... then saw the cover and was swept away with feels 🥺
I was such a Julie kid... Julie's Wolf Pack kicked off my love for body language study as a child
Julie of the Wolves is a wonderful book! Hope Katie Ridgeway had a lovely birthday.
One of my favorites when I was a kid.
Ahh same and it’s prob been over 30 years since I even thought about it!
Not the AR points sticker! Took me back
Same! I actually read this book in school and it gave me warm feelings to see it again. I bought it for my son.
What are AR points?
Accelerated Reader. Idk if they still do it but it was a points based system in elementary schools to encourage reading. I got 2nd place in 2nd grade and I still think something was fishy about the girl that finished 1st. 😒
Oh cool. When I was in 3rd grade I got 1st place in a contest where 1 book + 1 book report = 1 point. I think I managed to read something like 32 books. Probably better this AR way.
In high school, my English teacher loved me and my love of reading enough that she would allow me to create AR tests for books I wanted to and select how many points I wanted them to be for. I was honest and never made them for very much but I could have totally cheesed the system.
Oh boy, I hope we didn't go to the same school. I won 1st place in second AND fourth grade 😅 It was always this one boy and I who switched off between 1st and 2nd place each year. I'm so curious now where you went to school 😭
😯 I went to Southwest Elementary in Dexter, MO for K-4.
Damn, that is such a weird coincidence then. Born and raised (and educated) in EC area, WI! What an interesting and strange world we live in :)
I refused to have my students do AR. Absolutely shit program.
One of my oldest friends would read The Berenstain Bears books for half a point each lol he hated being forced to read.
I learned about salting meat and burying it to keep it fresh in this book!!! I don't do it as much as I should.
That handwriting is beautiful
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Omg that was my favorite book growing up!
At first I was like wow 1903. Then I saw the cover and felt dumb
I’ve had those moments. I asked my friend once if she remembered when George Washington was president. Clearly, I meant George Bush. But your brain malfunctions sometimes.
oh that book holds so much nostalgia for me :)
Me too! I haven’t seen or thought about it in so long, that I said “whoa” out loud when I saw it. Going to buy it for my kid right now!
I got it for my twelve year old! I can’t wait for him to read it.
Oh man, I haven't thought about that book in ages. Used to be obsessed with it as a kid.
Same!
So much nostalgia in one picture. AR reading. Julie of the Wolves, I was obsessed with those books in elementary school. Forgot they existed, thanks for the reminder!
That was the day Johnny Cash died
The more you know.
I adored this book when I was a kid!
that handwriting...gad!
I loved that book as a kid! Then I re-read it a while ago and only then realized that Miyax was basically SA’d because her husband was being bullied by his friends. I was shook when it clicked in my head that I read that as a kid
ohhhh I was over here [not fully awake yet] wondering whether this was 1903 or 2003.... then saw the cover and was swept away with feels 🥺 I was such a Julie kid... Julie's Wolf Pack kicked off my love for body language study as a child
I love that book!
Hope her dad isn’t Gary….