


Unless you love organizing and creating systems, like me! Inventorying ALL of your books may seem like a lot of work, and it is, but it is also beneficial. Your dream classroom is going to be amazing to plan and many of the parts are going to feel a lot more fun and glamorous than this next step. Then you can have a classroom job for your students to shelve the books once a week!
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Teach your students how to use the bins correctly (and practice!).Take the time to label the bins clearly.If you do decide to use bins, I have a few suggestions: if we want to encourage our students to become lifelong readers, they will find themselves in public libraries, school libraries, and bookstores! Where the books are shelved spines out by author, genre, etc. If the books are on the shelves with their spines out, students can easily see every book that is available to them! This can help them find books more quickly, but it also allows them to see ALL their options instead of simply pulling the first book they see from a bin. But I also want to share some things I learned from my classroom library experiences! Whether the books in your classroom library are shelved traditionally (spines out) or placed in bins really comes down to personal preference. So, taking the time to think through this step and establishing an easy method for you and your students is so helpful! Spines Out vs. If your system isn’t set up in a way that is simple for students to return the books to the right place, your dream classroom library will soon become one of nightmares.

I suggest labeling both the books and shelves/sections in your classroom library to help your students better understand how to locate the books they want to read and return them to the correct space for the next reader. This could be a label/sticker on the inside/front cover.There are so many options, and whatever you choose should be easy (and effective) for you and your students! Labeling the books and the shelves in your classroom library is the first thing I like to consider. Building the Classroom Library of Your Dreams Label, label, label!
