tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534253818410731360.post3927546644432884008..comments2023-11-22T17:38:43.905-08:00Comments on Go Fourth! With Mrs. Owens: My Classroom LibraryRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039738362425227086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534253818410731360.post-18163161539978346982011-06-06T14:35:04.989-07:002011-06-06T14:35:04.989-07:00I also LOVE having a huge library...the more choic...I also LOVE having a huge library...the more choices for the kids, the better! In the past, I have organized according to AR level. We switched to Fountas and Pinnell last year, and I decided that this summer, I was going to organize by author or genre and call it good. It seems like we change our leveling every year, and I would rather teache IPICK and the Five Finger Rule then re-level every year. Plus, the kids are always asking where they can find certain series or authors, and so I hope it will work better. They keep the books they are currently reading in a book box (from Beth Newingham's site).<br /><br />I don't keep track of book check outs. I can easily see what is in their book boxes if I want to check. My kids do not have access to many books at home because their parents can't afford them or don't buy them, so it doesn't bother me if they take one home and then accidentally (or even on purpose) don't return it. Of course, I stress being responsible with the books a lot at the beginning of the year, and I found that I didn't have a lot go missing last year because of the book boxes. If a book is more special, I will take it out at certain times of the year during certain units and make sure I get it back. I just physically don't think I can handle the library pockets or the checking out!<br /><br />Another thing that helped is that I give them books for a Christmas present and an end of the year present using my Scholastic points. If there is a really popular book, I buy a bunch of those as a choice. Then the same books from my classroom library are less likely to go missing. Does that make sense?<br /><br />Good luck!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259816005111150692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534253818410731360.post-8436733981258939432011-06-06T11:18:15.402-07:002011-06-06T11:18:15.402-07:00I am going to do a lot of work on my classroom lib...I am going to do a lot of work on my classroom library this summer as well. Right now my picture books are sorted by fiction, science, history, biography, poetry. My chapter books are sorted in many different ways: favorite authors have their own baskets, genres, and some by author's last name. I want to come up with a better way to sort the books. I do use color coded stickers so my kids can put books back where they got them (well that is my hope anyway). I am doing a new check out system this year. I am going to do a library pocket in the back of each book and place an index card with the name of the author and book in the pocket. On a piece of posterI will hang in the library, each child will have their own library pocket. When they check out a book they will place the index card from the book into their library pocket. Hopefully this will allows me to easily keep up with who is reading what! I will be blogging more about this later in the summer.<br />http://onceuponateachingblog.blogspot.com/Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105698381755736650noreply@blogger.com