After much advice and wonderful ideas i am almost done labeling and organizing my very first third grade classroom library. Now I was wondering if you allow the students to take the books home and read or is it just for class room reading time? Any logs, sytems or ideas would be great. Thanks
I just have a notebook and the kids write their name, date, and title. They have to bring the book back to me for me to cross it off before they can get another. This year, I'm planning on having a section in the notebook for each child... I was going to make little tabs on the sides of the pages... I think this will make it easier to see who has or has not brought back their books. I think I lost some this past year.
I did a chart with library pockets and had put pockets inside my books that the kids signed out and put the card in their pocket on the poster. I would not do this again as the pockets fell out of the cards, etc.
I am going to divide the week into each some kids changing books on different days or everyone on Monday. I am going to make this a HUGE minilesson. I am going to use a clipboard,,,,either with their names on a page (yeah that is better) and they have to sign them out on the clipboard. Mine spent too much time book shopping. My grade partner makes hers do this at recess.
I don't have my students check out the books by writing them down, but i do make each student a marker to mark where the book goes so that it gets put back in the right spot. This keeps my books for the most part in the correct order(we use AR). I did this for the first time last year and it really worked great. I barelly had to do anything to clean up the library for this year. To make the markers I cut construction paper the long way and write the students name down and laminate them for durability. Each student can only choose one book at a time and I only let them take them home for specific cases (students with no books at home).
I do not know where I read this but I plan to do this in my room this year. The students write, on an index card, the name of the book, author, date, and their initials. They have a clothes pin with their name on it and they clip the card to the clothes pin. They place it in the basket where they got the book. So, if the teacher is looking for a book, he/she knows who has it and how long. Also, the student knows exactly where to place the book after he/she is finished with it. The cards are filed in a recipe box under the students' name and they teacher has a record of all books the student has read. I hope this makes sense.
I have my kids choose a few books to put in their book bins...any advice on that...? I used to use the same method of placing something in where they got it...If that sounds good to you...Hit home depot...grab a stash of paint sticks, spray paint them and then write the kids name on them..Works great! But it has not worked for me since I require them to put a few books in their book bin?
Any advice...always looking for a way to make things easier.
Mandi,
I love your idea of using index cards! I have been trying to think of a system that would not require a lot of work on my part.
StephSAL,
I am going to let my students pick several books as well. I am not going to bother with the clothespin, I will just have them write the title of the book, the date, and their name on the card and then place it in the bin that they took the book out of. My library helpers will be replacing books into the appropriate bins on Fridays when they are returned by the students, and all they will have to do is look in the bins and match up the index cards with the returned books.
I read about this idea somewhere and have been using it for several years now. Most paint stores (even Wal-Mart) will give you the paint sticks from the paint dept. I get one for each child. Let them decorate their paint stick with markers, crayons, stickers, etc, with their number written on the very end of each side. Whenever they check out a book, they place their paint stick where the book was and it stays there until they are finished with the book. When they are ready to put the book back, they look for their paintstick with the number on the end and put the book back! It works really well and the students love to decorate their own paintstick. I give them back to each child to take home at the end of the year. Maybe this will help save some time instead of making a marker....
07-21-2008, 04:53 PM
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