What makes Hawaiʻi special?

Is it the waterfalls? The surf? The rainbows? The food? The people? The aloha spirit? Itʻs all of these and more!

#HiReads offers badges that celebrate the things that come together to make Hawaiʻi a unique and wonderful place to live, learn, and grow.

Participating readers will earn badges representing the diverse foods, activities, and environment in Hawaiʻi, as well as connect with friends at their school to share book reviews and complete fun activities with their ʻohana, all centered around reading.

SY 21-22 Virtual Kick Off Video (Earn a special badge in the quarter 2 challenge)

Update Landing Page

Please update your school landing page with the current challenge information.

1. Download the following image to your computer:

2. Log in to your schoolʻs 808Reads page and choose Challenges:

3. Find Hawaii Reads Q1 and choose Edit

4. Read and acknowledge that the challenge has already started and choose Edit this challenge.

5. Scroll down to the question Feature this challenge on your landing page? and change the answer to Yes. Click on Save and Exit in the top right corner.

6. Choose Setup on the left side, then Landing Page Content. Scroll down until you see your image file. If your image is outdated, click on Choose File and upload the Hawaiʻi Reads banner that you downloaded in step 1.

8. Scroll down. If you see a number of minutes goal posted with Start and End Dates, change the Start Date to 2021-08-03 and the End Date to 2021-10-08. You can change the number of minutes goal as needed. You can also choose to not show statistics

9.  Scroll to the bottom and click on Save.

Resources

The following resources are available to help promote the statewide reading challenge at your school. 

Flyers & Posters

Download one or both of these images and print 2 per page to create half-page flyers for distribution at Open House, PTSA meetings, or other school-wide events. Consider using it as a poster on bulletin boards around the school, such as in the gymnasium, cafeteria, or main office, or in community centers around your school neighborhood.

Any of these images can be used on a website or in an electronic newsletter. Feel free to customize the images by adding your school library logo or website.

Bookmark

Bookmarks are student and teacher favorites. This image will be used for the whole school year, so print enough of these bookmarks to last. You can also use the bookmark image in your school newsletter or on your website.

Parent Letter

Copy the image and text below and paste it into your own format for e-newsletters or web announcements. Feel free to customize the message for your school. Or if you prefer, follow this link for a print-ready version.

Aloha ʻOhana,

#HiReads is a reading challenge that offers all HIDOE students and their families a fun way to learn and share about reading. When students read and log minutes in #808Reads, they earn electronic badges celebrating some of the special things about Hawaiʻi. 

They can also share their reading progress and opinions with friends and see what and how much their friends have been reading. 

Students log in with Clever or go to 808Reads.hidoe.us and choose their school from the list, then log in with their student ID number and birthdate (mmddyy).

But guess what? Family members can register, too, by choosing Administration and Community! We challenge you to read at least 20 minutes every day and log your reading. Reading together can reinforce your own reading fluency, lower your blood pressure, and strengthens family relationships while showing keiki that reading is important to you.

Take the #HIReads challenge today!

Quarter 2 Badges
Registration	60 minutes	120 minutes	180 minutes	240 minutes
300 minutes	360 minutes	420 minutes	480 minutes	540 minutes
600 minutes	660 minutes	720 minutes	780 minutes	840 minutes
900 minutes	Completion	1000 minutes	1200 minutes	1500 minutes
Kick-Off Event Enter the secret word from the Kick-Off Event to earn this badge.	Activity: Read Together Who did you read with? What did you read? Tell us in the text box.	Activity: Future reading events Tell which author you would most like to see in a future reading party.	Activity: Sora Enter the title of the book you read from Sora in a text box.	Review This badge is earned immediately by writing one book review.

More Resources 

1. Student Quick Start Guide: https://bit.ly/808Reads_Student_SQG
   
   
2. Teacher Quick Start Guide: https://bit.ly/808Reads_Teacher_QSG
   
   
3. Shared eBook Collection access via Sora
   
   
4. Video PSA: https://vimeo.com/468671221

Quarter 1 Badges
Registration	60 minutes	120 minutes	180 minutes	240 minutes
300 minutes	360 minutes	420 minutes	480 minutes	540 minutes
600 minutes	660 minutes	720 minutes	780 minutes	840 minutes
900 minutes	Completion	1000 minutes	1200 minutes	1500 minutes
Activity: Polynesian Wayfinding Research Polynesian Voyaging Society webpage and tell what you learned.	Activity: Treasure Map Draw a map, share it with a friend, and write about what happens next.	Review Write one review and receive this badge immediately, whether the review is approved or not.