Wow, 3000 books! I am impressed! And I thought I had a lot of books! If you have books you want to get rid of, have you heard of BookMooch.com? This can also be a source for more books. This past year I started using Daily 5 and I organized the books my kids were choosing from for Daily 5 independent reading time. I "leveled" them loosely (levels 0-2, levels 2-6, levels 4-8, etc.) using colored circle dots. I did not try to organize these by topics---I had fiction, nonfiction all mixed together. I used the "I PICK" from Daily 5 to teach my kids how to choose books for independent reading, and the kids knew I expected them to pick a "mix" of books. They had to tell me why they choose each book (using the "I PICK"). Seemed to work pretty well. Mary M. 1st grade/RR TX
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diane Penticoff Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:06 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] advice for sorting/organizing/rotating classroom library I can relate about a ton of books. I easily have 3000 books in my classroom, not including all my guided reading books. These are all mine. Then there are all the publisher books. I've been pairing down, but am still struggling. My kids have plenty to read and plenty on many different topics. Most of my books are organized by theme--dogs--friendship--mammals, etc Each tub has a label and a number sticker on it. Number stickers are placed on the back of the book. and all of this coordinated to the tub's label. The number system helps the kids manage the tubs. Diane On Jul 7, 2008, at 7:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > > I am a fourth year teacher/bookaholic teaching second grade. I have > accumulated many many many books through Scholastic points, > Goodwill visits, my own daughter aging out of certain authors, etc. > My question is, I need to narrow my collection or organize it in > some way because it all won't fit in my rather small room. I would > like to know if people rotate books in and out during the year, and > if so, how do you choose (besides theme/seasonality). For example, > with series books, do you keep only part of the series in the room > for a few months, then swap those out or add on? I don't formally > level books, generally because I have not had the time or help to > tackle this task of looking up and marking the books.?I do organize > them by topic, etc. and indicate easier, harder, challenging...and > of course I teach the kids how to pick a book that's right for them. > > > ? > > > I really love books, and I'm sure many of my students grow to love > books because I share that enthusiasm with them We don' t have a > school library. I've worked so hard to acquire all of these books > that I don't want to get rid of many...how do you decide what to > edit? I always think the book I give away will be the one that will > interest a reluctant reader. But I don't have space in my room, > school or home to store my hundreds of books. I need your ideas! > > > > Thanks. > > Maggi > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
