I agree that Scholastic is a great resource both for getting books for children themselves and getting points to get books for the classroom. However, many of the books on that list are NOT available from Scholastic. I say this because our class just did a book order, and I used my points to get some books from the list. I think a list like this is helpful to have when parents or administrators are asking about books to buy because the books are quality children's literature that reflect diverse cultures and points of view - but less likely to be available from Scholastic.
Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Tina <[email protected]> wrote: > Also if you can get them to order online you get a free book per parent who > orders online AND they get a free book. Check to see if warehouse in your > area. > They have warehouse sales 2 times a year at christmas and in spring. > > > Tina > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Patricia Kimathi <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, November 17, 2012 8:18:19 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] New Teacher Library List > > Meghan, > I don't have a list but I do have a suggestion if you use scholastic's book > club > and let children order books. (a little bit of work but worth it) you can get > free books and book points as they order and then you can use these to order > books for your class. Laura Candler has a letter that you can adopt. > Sample Parent Letter for Lucky 2011 (MS Word format to modify) This helps > parents learn to buy books for their children as gifts and supplies, I would > always chose one book we read as a class (one that was on sale) and I would > ask > all parents to buy the books so everyone has their own copy. Many of my > parents > did not have a lot of money but Scholastic always has a least one book for a > dollar or less. It really helped. I made a big deal out of passing the books > out. If I saw that a parent was not every buying anything I used my free book > bonus to buy the child a book. No one every asked how they got it they just > loved having me call out their name. > PatK > On Nov 16, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Meghan Formel wrote: > >> I can't be the only new teacher who could use a list like this, especially >> When there are generous families or leftover funds (it could happen!) >> available to stock a classroom library. I thought Mosaic was a perfect >> place to get the list out there and get additions to it. > > > PatK > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
