In Chapter 5 of Reading Essentials¸ the author explains
the importance of organizing an outstanding classroom library. The purpose of a classroom library is to
improve reading achievement, allow for different choices of books, classify by
subjects, allow for different levels of books, and create a clean, attractive
inviting library within the classroom.
Last
year, with the help of Melissa Wells, I relabeled and organized all my books in
my classroom. My baskets are arranged by
topic/subject. On each basket is a
picture and genre of the books in that basket. For my Independent reading time,
I have 25 large gallon bags with about 6-10 books in it. I have a sheet that the child signs to say
they had this bag. I rotate through this
until every child has a chance to read from every bag. I love my system this year!!!
I
really liked when the author discussed creating a favorite book list. That is something I have not done, but would
like to try it. I also have created a reading log in their HW folder to record their
independent reading at home.
That's a great idea! You are giving them choice, but not too much choice. When they are younger, I think they sometimes get overwhelmed and can't make a decision. By giving them a bag of a few books, they are choosing, but the options are not too many. Good idea!
ReplyDeleteCreating a Favorite Book list is a great idea, too. I even have a list of books I'd like to read. This will help them when they finish one book . . . they'll have someplace to go!
Love the book bags, and I would love to see the favorite book list your class creates! :-)
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