organizing classroom books

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organizing classroom books
By Joanne

I keep my books in baskets labeled easy, medium, hard, chapter books, looking books(which are joke books, puzzlemania books, highlights,literary magazines, picture books), AR books. I explain this to them at the beginning
of the year by using a bike riding analogy- Sometimes we want to go fast (so they might select an easy book, or a looking book) sometimes we ride up a small hill (medium books or easy chapter books) and sometimes we really want a challenge and go up a big hill (they choose a hard book or a longer chapter book). They really like this analogy. I also have a "special book basket" that I

change monthly. This would be any holiday books, author study books, or anything related to what we are studying in science or social studies. After many years of trying different things, this has worked the best for me.