Teaching Tips of the Week:
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| In this weekly column, we offer teacher-tested techniques and tips. | |
| Putting Together a Classroom Library | |
Ideas for obtaining books: |
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| -Ask for donations from students and parents. | |
| -Ask for donations from community members. Inside the book place a nameplate that recognizes the donor. | |
| -Visit tag sales for used books. | |
| -Visit "Friends of the Library" book sales. Oftentimes you can pick up books for $1. | |
| -Ask retiring teachers for donations. | |
| Managing Your Classroom Library | |
Ideas for keeping track of books that are "checked out" by students: |
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| -Create an index card for each book. Keep the cards filed alphabetically. When a student checks out a book, she writes her name and the date she took the book. These cards go into a separate file box, again alphabetically. You can see at a glance who has a particular book out. | |
| -Place a card pocket (with card) on the inside cover of each book. Write the title of the book on the card. When a student wants to check out a book, she writes her name on the card. Cards are kept in a file. | |
| -Instead of using cards, simply have students write their names, the date, and the title of the book they took on a "Book Log." When the book is returned, cross off the name. | |
| -Create an index card for each student. File these alphabetically. When a student wants to check out a book, write down the name of the book and the date it was checked out. When the student returns the book, cross off the title. | |
| -Have students write their name, title of the book, and date checked out on a Post-It note. Keep the notes posted where you can see them as a reminder. | |
| Lesson Planning Tip: Don't Forget the . . . | |
Often times, we finish a lesson and/or unit and then realize that we forgot about a poster, a song on a CD, or other related materials that went along with the lesson. We forget about these things because they are often too large to fit into our file folder with the other related materials. So for every poster, each song on a CD, big book, video, etc. that I have, I print the name of the item on a full sheet of copy paper and place the sheet of paper into the specific file folder as a reminder to me so I won't forget some of my supplemental materials. |
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| Budding Rembrandts | |
| Have each child select (or bring in) a favorite picture they have drawn, painted, or colored. Put these into a class book. Each day share one of the pictures and have the student tell why that picture is his or her favorite. | |
| Opinion Walk | |
| Hang a sign on each of the 4 walls in the classroom: Agree, Disagree, Strongly Agree, Strongly Disagree. You make a strong statement (e.g. Hunting is a great sport). The students decide which wall fits their opinion and move to stand at that wall. Have an active listening/debate session. Students must include: What is your opinion based on? What support evidence do you have? Who has influenced your opinion and why? Has listening to anyone today affected your opinion? Submitted by: No name; Discussed at a teacher workshop. |
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