Seminar A Information
Seminar A
How do I ignite excitement about reading through my classroom library?
Participants will reflect on their own reading identities and explore the core set of practices to promote reading (e.g., reader's choice, access to books, modeling) and care for readers. Participants will also learn about dozens of tools to help them review, select, and organize lists of diverse titles for their classroom. They will learn strategies to build and organize their classroom libraries and how to collaborate with area librarians.
Resources
- Reading LogsKeep track of what you read with space for details to jog your memory.
Books
The Book Whisperer by Call Number: LB1573 .M4938 2009ISBN: 9780470372272Publication Date: 2009-03-16
It's All about the Books by Call Number: LB1573 .M85 2018ISBN: 9780325098135Publication Date: 2018-03-22
Book Evaluation
Videos
Keeping Track of Your Books
LibraryThing has a lending system that enables you to "check" books out to your students.
Book Source Classroom--Inventory, manage and analyze your classroom library.
How to Get Books for Your Classroom Library
- Garage/estate sales
- Facebook Groups for teachers
- One Dollar Book Swap
- Once Upon A Child (resale shop for kids clothes, toys and books)
- Retiring teachers
- Public Library book sales
- Consider building a wish list for parents or the PTA to use
- Books a Million has a gently used section
- Grounds for Thought in Bowling Green (gently used)
- Book Depot
- Jr. Library Guild (see list of grants and check out their annual warehouse sale in Columbus)
Ideas for How to Organize Your Classroom Library
- by genre
- color code by reading level
- assign groups of students to take care of portions of the classroom library
- group by theme or subject and have a mixture of fiction/non-fiction
- by color
- alphabetical by title
- alphabetical by author last name
- use a stir stick from the paint store for children to insert in the collection when they "check out" a book
- Book Buddy
- What Are the Best Classroom Library Apps?