Today, we received our first book donations! A member of the school board donated books to the school, and since our classroom was in need, we got to take a look at them! Five boxes were delivered to our door, and the students spent the first part of ELA sorting through the books, looking for keepers. We were lucky...almost all the books were keepers!
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| Students sorting through book piles in table groups |
I dumped piles of books at table groups, and students spent time previewing the books with their table-mates deciding what we should keep. Looking through all the books generated a lot of interest! The excitement in the air was tangible... the students were laughing at how much energy I had going from table to table looking at the books. There were some gems in there! I've been keeping an eye out for the Artemis Fowl books, and sure enough, several were found in the boxes! We also found copies of books in the Percy Jackson series and the Maze Runner series. Today felt like the best treasure hunt ever!
I am going to stamp and file the books, and then students will be able to check them out from me. Many were already writing titles down on their book wishlist....my goal is to get the books in their hands as soon as possible!
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| New additions to our classroom library! |
If you have any books laying around at home (even just a few), we would love to take them off your hands! It was awesome to see the students so excited about new books today...hopefully it's a feeling we'll have again in the future soon!
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