Kim,
I love this idea! Our first grade team usually purchases Words I Use
When I Write. It has the "sight" words and some other "important"
first grade words. Budget cuts helped us decide not to purchase
these again. I was wondering what I could do instead and something
that was not too
Joy,
I do some similar sorting when I pack them up for the summer and when
I unpack them. I figure if I can eliminate one two-shelf bookcase,
I'll be ahead of the game. I too must be a member of OBBD. It's
time for me to face the facts. :0)
Diane
On Jul 7, 2008, at 11:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTEC
" 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
>
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Leslie,
Yes, I do have some of the books leveled. I use books I've
accumulated from past preview kits before a text book adoption, the
small readers from science and social studies. I've also taken some
of my books out of the "regular" tubs and added them to the leveled
section. I have 6
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
My school has been using Project Read with good success for
approximately 7 years. It is our primary phonics program for K and 1
and used with new to our school 2nd graders and those that need a
little more phonics instruction. We also look to it for some
spelling instruction. In additio
