Reading Counts at Hurst Hills Elementary
Hurst Hills is pleased to be participating in the research based program, Reading Counts. This program encourages students to read books on their determined reading level, called a "Lexile Level." Students then to take computer based comprehension quizzes on books they have read, earning points for each quiz. Hurst Hills students in grades 1st through 6th are participating in Reading Counts. Each teacher has determined the goals for the class, as well as individual student goals. Reading Counts quizzes are incorporated into the overall reading program, and may count towards the student's reading grade. Please contact your child's teacher for further information.
Books with quizzes available are labeled in the Hurst Hills library with green dots. Most of these books are also available in the public library as well, although they will not be labeled. There are over 40,000 quiz books in the Reading Counts program. This is far more than we have in the Hurst Hills Library.
Below is the link where you can find out if a book has a quiz, plus other reading level, genre, and quick summary information. It's a great resource from Scholastic called Book Expert:
Hurst Hills Library will be rewarding students with "Dog Tags" for earning points through Reading Counts. Dog tags be will introduced at the end of the 1st six weeks. Dog tags will be rewarded in the following increments: 25 Pts, 50 Pts, 75 Pts, 100 Pts, 150 Pts, 200 Pts, 300 Pts, 400 Pts, 500 Pts, etc. Students must earn a passing grade on the quizzes in order to receive a dog tag for points earned.
Books with quizzes available are labeled in the Hurst Hills library with green dots. Most of these books are also available in the public library as well, although they will not be labeled. There are over 40,000 quiz books in the Reading Counts program. This is far more than we have in the Hurst Hills Library.
Below is the link where you can find out if a book has a quiz, plus other reading level, genre, and quick summary information. It's a great resource from Scholastic called Book Expert:
Hurst Hills Library will be rewarding students with "Dog Tags" for earning points through Reading Counts. Dog tags be will introduced at the end of the 1st six weeks. Dog tags will be rewarded in the following increments: 25 Pts, 50 Pts, 75 Pts, 100 Pts, 150 Pts, 200 Pts, 300 Pts, 400 Pts, 500 Pts, etc. Students must earn a passing grade on the quizzes in order to receive a dog tag for points earned.