Does Your Classroom Library Need a Makeover?
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It’s that time of year! It’s time to set up your classroom. A great classroom design provides a variety of learning spaces depending upon the type of work to be done: whole group, small group, or independent work. Similarly, your classroom library should be organized so that students have choice in the kind of reading work they want to accomplish.
Here are a few tips to help you set up your classroom library:
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STUDENT WRITING: Celebrate your students’ writing by placing their pieces in the classroom library. This is a great way to help your writers think about audience. Also, if they wish to, readers can ask the student-authors questions about their works. |
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Get Your Students Excited!
After spending time carefully designing your library, be sure to build excitement around it! As you get to know your students during the first week or two of school, consider keeping the library closed. When it is time to open it, have a ribbon-cutting ceremony or some other sort of celebration. That way, excitement and community is built around this critical piece of real estate in your classroom.
What are other ways you have organized your libraries? Let us know! Tweet a picture to us @Kaeden_Books or on Facebook!