Mary, Thanks for the resource. I'm always looking for good books. Diane On Jul 7, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Mary Milner wrote:
> 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 >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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.
