[MOSAIC] organizing books/long

2009-07-15 Thread ginger/rob
Hi Laurie. I had to jump in on this thread about having kids help organize the classroom library. I have done this for the past 7 years or so. Here's how I do it in my third grade classroom. Like you, I have all my books boxed up from the year before. The kids actually box them up as part of "

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2009-07-14 Thread Jeanne Hunter
Tony Stead has many ideas for organizing books. His new book Good Choice is great. Beth Newingham's site has excellent basket labels. Jeanne > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:14:52 -0700 > From: mrs_goo...@yahoo.com > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC]

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2009-07-14 Thread Debbie Goodis
fine tune the organization, since I want to further divide them. (Family, Animal Characters, Citizenship, etc) Hope that helps. Debbie From: Laurie Tandy To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 5:18:47 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Organizing Books

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2009-07-13 Thread Storti, Donna
aurie Tandy Sent: Mon 7/13/2009 6:26 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: [MOSAIC] Organizing Books Hello Everyone, I just read Debbie Miller's?Teaching With Intention and loved it. ?Such a smooth, refreshing read. ?I feel as if I just spent a few days with a friend. One thing she suggests (as

[MOSAIC] Organizing Books

2009-07-13 Thread Laurie Tandy
Hi Everyone, Does anyone have a day-to-day plan for having students help organize the classroom library at the beginning of the year? ?I have tried it before but it ended up in a chaotic mess.? Thanks, Laurie Third Grade Petaluma, CA -Original Message- From: drmarinac...@aol.c

[MOSAIC] Organizing Books

2009-07-13 Thread Laurie Tandy
Hello Everyone, I just read Debbie Miller's?Teaching With Intention and loved it. ?Such a smooth, refreshing read. ?I feel as if I just spent a few days with a friend. One thing she suggests (as does Joanne Hindley in?In The Company of Children) is that the students be a part of organizing bo