Oh, one more bit of advice--always, always, always find your representative when going through publishing houses. They can often find ways for you to bundle or discount purchases, helping to find more for the money. I recently helped one of our schools make a significant bookroom purchase ($10,000) and wit the support and diligence of our rep., we were able to actually walk away with about $14,000 worth of books. I know you may not have this much to work with--this was a one shot, bring a bookroom up to snuff sort of purchase, not maintenance (and we were not starting from scratch, just dealing with gaps in the levels and balance between fiction and nonfiction)--but even with small orders, you may be able to negotiate discounts, free shipping, etc., and every penny counts!
One other thing I ask principals is to make the bookroom part of yearly budgets and award it the same funds (at least) that each classroom teacher may have to spend. Most of our coaches survey staff near the end of the year...where are our weaknesses? What do we need? And begin to compile purchase orders based on this. We also look for new titles in well loved series, such as those from Rigby P.M., that consistently show reader appeal and help us bridge fledgling (I just saw that term in use recently--isn't it a nice way to think of young readers?) readers into more and more challenging text amidst the support of old friends and familiar authors. Lori On 12/29/07 7:00 AM, "ljackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would add Redbrick to the mix, though I hate that they have been swallowed > up by the National Geographic organization. Of all the publishers I > adore--and I love National Geographic--they are the house most unlikely to > bundle, discount or work with our schools on book room purchases. Capstone > is also nice, and still offers many of the same undiscounted titles > available from Redbrick at tidy little discounts. > > Lori > > > On 12/28/07 6:09 PM, "Mary Milner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Couldn't teach guided reading without titles from Rigby, from Pioneer Valley >> Educational Press, and Wright Group. >> Mary M. >> TX/1st grade >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Young >> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading, All Levels, Any Text >> >> >> Hi! I've been a lurker for a long time. I am a reading specialist in Iowa. >> Since I haven't posted before I will share something before I ask you to >> help me with advice!! :) >> >> My share: I bought the book Guided Reading One lesson, All Levels, Any >> Text. I think it is pretty new - it has a ton of lesson plans that teachers >> I work with have been able to use! There area many lessons to go with the >> comprehension strategies in Mosaic. >> >> Now for my question!! When teaching reading comprehension, I know it is so >> important for students to have a book at their level that they can apply the >> strategy to. We do use Reading A-Z and have a few leveled titles, but not >> many. With limited resources, how do all of you get materials that meet the >> needs of your students? I know everything doesn't have to be perfectly >> leveled, but my students do need materials that they are not frustrated >> with! What companies have you ordered from? The cheapest but still good >> quality - if that is even possible??? (by the way I work with k-6 students >> and teachers) >> >> Thank you for your thoughts!!! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
