Well, I am proud to say I survivedย my first week of school!
ย I am now officially into my second weekย and we are having a blast!
I just wanted to drop by and share with you how I completely overhauled my classroom library.
Over the summer, I shared my dirty little secret with youโฆ
Yeahโฆ my classroom library was a disgrace!
ย It didnโt matter how many times I organized and reorganized (and reorganizedโฆ), it always seemed to end up like thisโฆ A MESS!
Well, I spent the last few weeks of summer completely overhaulinโ my libraryโฆย
( work in progressโฆ)
and after carefully sorting and re-sorting
ย I am so happy with how it turned out!
ย LOVE! <3
The best part of all?ย
The kids *ACTUALLY* make the conscious effort to put the books back where they found them!
WHAT?! Itโs a miracle!
Okโฆ hereโsย what I did!
Firstโฆ I reorganized my books into new categories. A few examples include:
-Magic Treehouse
-Junie B. Jones
-Chapter Books About Animals
-Non-Fiction Books About Animals
-Non Fiction Books about Insects
โ Historical Fiction
-Realistic Fiction Chapter books
-Mysteries and Scary Tales
-Notable Authors
-Classics
-Fables and Fairy-talesย
I had few books that didnโt *quite* fit perfectly into categories, so I came up with aย
few creative baskets like:
-The Boysโ Only Club (for chapter books with boy lead characters)
-The Girlsโ Only Club (for chapter books with girl lead characters)
โ Books about School
Now to help my kiddos find books that are their levels, I used the app, โLibrary Levelerโ.
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It was SUPER easy to use. All I had to do was scan the ISBB of the book and
POOF!ย
ย it retrieved the grade level equivalent, lexile, and the reading level. A few books even had a DRA level attached!ย ย
After scanning the book, I wrote down the info on a tagย ย
and stuck it to the inside of the back cover.
To help my kiddos keep it organize (and to help me keep my sanity)ย
I gave each book and basket a sticker
Now my second graders know EXACTLY where their book goes when they are done with it! PTL!