accelerated reading type quizes for home use only

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Hi, I'm looking for an accelerated reading type website that I can try at home with DS. He is an aspie type child likes quizes, computers etc so I want to give a reading quiz a try think it might motivate him. He is refusing to read to me at the moment, possibly might be silent reading. Sorry I know there was a thread about this but I can't find it grrrr

Many thanks

Hi, not sure if this is quite the right age for your boy, but my ds is enjoying working through the reading eggs website. You can do a free trial for a bit before it asks for any subscription. There is a part of the site called maths seeds which he may also enjoy.

readtheory.org

has short texts to read followed by a series of questions. If you get a certain % right, you move up to next harder level (or down to easier, if you get too many wrong). 'Harder' means that the texts are harder to read (more complicated sentences, longer words, ...) and the questions are harder too (more focus on inference, being able to say what the 'main point' of a paragraph is, making a judgement on the author's standpoint, that kind of thing; rather than simply finding the answer 1-1 in the text kind of questions).

It's free. Not particularly child-friendly though (no fun graphics or incentives).

And I agree re ReadingEggs, there is a whole section there with e-books that you then answer quizzes on after reading.

thanks will have a look at reading eggs

Readtheory is good, but I found it got very hard very quickly if you do the quiz with the child so they score well each time.

Readworks has the benefit that you assign tasks so you can always pitch them at the right level. I also like the fact that it asks for some written answers (mostly multi-choice though).

I really like the 'Epic!' app because it is actual books. Some of the books on there have associated quizzes much like AR. Epic also allows the collection of 'badges' etc as reading rewards.

thanks I will have a look at epic quizzes on real books was what I was hoping for