[teachnbehappy]

Hello All-

I have a small problem that I could use your help with. This past year I made the mistake of passing out my basals to my students without assigning them a number for it. So I had FIVE go "missing" after the students took them home and such for homework. As you all know, we are moving to common core this year and I'm actually thinking about not using the basal very often this year. I don't think our principal would be up to buying five new text books. So my question to you is this- HOW do you use the basal in your classroom, if you use it at all. Do you allow the students to take them home? Do you use other resources? Also, do you think that I could actually get away with being five books short? What would you do in this situation...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.