Classroom Library Part 2

I will beg, borrow, and steal work for books. Books are more important than food. However, if you ask my husband, he will disagree. As far as I am concerned, it is all open for negotiation… Who needs to eat? Certainly not me…

I believe it is important to have books readily available for students. As a result, my library has grown. Two years ago I only have two and a half shelves. Last year I had six shelves. As you can see this year I have nine shelves with a bag of donated books stored elsewhere. If you notice on the left shorter bookcase, the top is filled with red and blue books. Those are copies of Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Actually they are the second set of 10 I have checked out for my students.

They are reading, enjoying literature, and discussing it. What more could a teacher fellow reader ask for? Except for more books.

Classroom Library

We are in the midst of standardized testing, and the only activity students can do after testing is read. As a result on the way back to my room at lunch yesterday I ran into students in desperate need of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I was able to accommodate the first but not the second. I think I will have to check out more books for students to read.

Why this makes me excited:

1. Students are reading!!!

2. The students who came looking for me were last year’s students and their friends.

3. Students are reading and sharing!

Spread the word! The (classroom) library is open!