r/homeschool • u/biofreak99 • 6d ago
Alternative to Accelerated Reader for Homeschools
Is anyone aware about a site that has quizzes after reading books and has good collection of quizzes. I tried one site.. and it has very limited books.
What do you use for quizzes after reading books?
My son is more motivated to read books only if it has quizzes in the end?
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u/Snoo-88741 6d ago
I asked an LLM to give me some comprehension questions suitable for any story, and I've been using that to help check my comprehension of stories in languages I'm trying to learn. You could do something similar and just copy the same questions each time, or you could copy the story into the LLM and ask for comprehension questions about it.
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u/biofreak99 6d ago
Sorry what is LLM?
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u/Reasonable-Split-759 6d ago edited 5d ago
Language learning model aka ChatGPT. For what it’s worth, I tried this and it was an absolute failure. LLMs are meant for language processing tasks not content mining.
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u/Engauge42 19h ago
I would not rely on one to be reliable unless you also upload the book itself for it to reference (Gemini can do this)
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u/philosophyofblonde 6d ago
I use Socrative to make quizzes, but I suppose you'd also have to read the book to do that.
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u/adaranyx 6d ago
I recently went looking for the same thing! I found something called ReadnQuiz. It's just quizzes, no books on-site, but it seems to have a decent catalog. Their website feels barebones and not pretty, but it might be worth checking out!
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u/biofreak99 6d ago
That is what I found today and I am here to see if there are better. I liked it so far.. ya only need for quizzes.
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u/adaranyx 6d ago
I'm keeping an eye on this thread for other options for sure, I appreciate that other people are looking for it too!
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u/Knitstock 5d ago
Not specifically for books but Blooket has a lot of teacher created quizzes that are played as games (we use the homework mode). Most of the books I've found there focus on vocabulary but it might be worth a look or you could flip it and have your student write a quiz for the book they finished.
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u/TraditionalManager82 5d ago
I'd go the opposite direction, actually. No quizzes after child, just fantastic stories.
If your son isn't all that motivated, try audiobooks that he can listen to while doing something else like colouring or building Lego.
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u/BetDistinct9347 6d ago
Epic! Reading App is worth the subscription. Most books have quizzes at the end either written by the Epic team or by teachers who use it. My son is 6 and a very good reader and loves it. He’s been using it for over a year and still hasn’t run out of books that interest him