Use Clothespins to Keep Your Classroom Library Organized Here is your weekly Teacher Tip: This one is for setting up your classroom library. Everyone wants their kids to read as much as they can, but this can make your library a big mess of books really quick! I don't know about you, but on a Friday afternoon on my way out of my classroom, the last thing I want to do is spend any time reorganizing the book baskets in my library. This past year, with the Covid … [Read more...]
Virtual Field Trip
So every once in a while, after 11 years of teaching, something hits me by surprise. At the beginning of the school year, I did a favor for the librarian at our school. In return, this week, she emailed me telling me that my class had been selected to do a virtual field trip in the library. I looked at my lesson plans, I was behind schedule on the pacing guide, but I said "why not?" Honestly when we walked into the library I … [Read more...]
