Chapter 5: Organize an Outstanding Classroom Library
This chapter goes along with a lot of my same beliefs about literacy and incorporating it into the classroom. I agree that the library should be organized in a way that is easy for students to find what they are interested in and what they are looking for. I think it should be within their reach and they should be able to peruse the shelves and find something they want. I also think there should be a variety of texts for them to choose from.
The chapter suggests that we create a library based on our students interests. I think this would be hard to do because we would have to change things every year, but it gave me a good idea. I would love to have a bookshelf set aside for my students' interests. This bookshelf could include specific titles and series that my students love and it could be a reward to get to shop there, so that not everyone shops there every time. I love that this would help keep the selection new and interesting for my students and it would be easy to switch things out often, especially if I use resources such as the public library. I also think I could improve my library by having a variety of displays, where students can browse different texts more easily and I could highlight certain books every so often.
There are so many ways to ensure that our library stays fresh and exciting for our students! I also love the idea it mentions about taking polls to see what books our class likes the most. This would help my students self-reflect on what types of books they enjoy reading, which would be helpful for them as they choose books from the library.
I like your idea of a class favorites section for your classroom library. I too think it would be hard to reorganize the library every year for a new class, but I know that the favorites section could be easily changed. Great idea!
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