Hello!Our bookroom is organized by level and there are some author sets. Each
book or set of books has an index card with the book title and number of books
on it. Each teacher has 3+ pockets on a big pocket chart (on the wall). When
you take the books, you put the index card(s) in your pockets. This reminds
you (at a glance) of what you have in your classroom and if you are looking for
a particular title that is not in it's spot you can scan the pocket chart to
see who has the books.
The books are kept in cupboards (labeled with levels) in the teacher workroom.
When you open a cupboard door you can see a list of the books inside that
cupboard.
At another school I was at again the books were by level, author sets, and
individual titles for teachers to borrow to pad their classroom libraries. The
books were on shelves in tubs. A level 6 tub could contain 8 different titles,
with 6 copies of each... etc. There were clipboards on the shelves with a
list of all the titles of each level of books (or author set, or a list of
individual books). Next to each title were about 8 empty boxes (like a grid).
When the teacher borrowed a set of books (or an individual book) they would put
their room number in the box. If someone was looking for a particular title
and it wasn't in the tub, the paper on the clipboard told them where it was.
It took a few hours to set it up (we used high school students earning civic
credits to do the typing), but it was worth it.Jan
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> From: cspine...@branford.k12.ct.us
> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:02:33 -0400
> Subject: [MOSAIC] Book Room
>
> As the end of the year approaches I am thinking about the reorganization of
> our Reading Bookroom. This room houses all of our leveled text for
> kindergarten through grade four. I am hoping for some ideas on how to
> reorganize the space so teachers can access materials quickly. Is your
> bookroom organized by level? Genre? Author? Theme? Curricula? What system do
> you use to keep track of books borrowed and returned? Do you have a
> bibliography?
> Any advice would be appreciated!
> Thank you!
> Carol
>
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