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book baskets
By Jen

I organize my books into 6 baskets by readability level. Each basket has a picture on the front (apple, leaf, pumpkin, snowman, heart, and hot air balloon). These pictures represent months of the school year (apple=Sept.;
snowman=Jan. etc.) The easiest books go in the apple basket and get progressively harder with the most difficult books in the hot air balloon basket. I organize them using pictures instead of letters or numbers because the kids can't make fun of others for reading on a lower level. On the inside cover of each book, I put a sticker to match the picture on the front of the basket.(the

small stickers used for incentive charts work well and they are pretty cheap) Then the students can place the books back in the right basket and you don't have to spend time reorganizing. I hope I explained it in enough detail. Feel free to email me if you have any other questions. Good luck!