Meaningful Reading Conferences: Classroom Library

In Big Impact Reading Conferences: 5 Minute Wonders part 6 Christy explains the importance of a classroom library. Stocking and maintaining a classroom library is a foundation to having meaningful reading conferences.

After viewing the keynote session, take time to check out the resources, articles, and additional videos. You can reach out to Christy on Twitter (@crushlevine) and share your insights or ask questions by tagging your posts with #choiceliteracycourses.


Resources
Curating a Well-Rounded Classroom Library Curating a Well Rounded Collection Download
Articles
Superpowers and a Middle School Classroom Library

Christy Rush-Levine explains how she gradually stocked her middle school classroom library, as well as how she uses student librarians to ensure books aren’t lost.

How to Get Books Off Shelves

Christy Rush-Levine writes about the push and pull of wanting to put books into students’ hands, and needing at the same time to give them room to explore the classroom library.

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Books for Our Times

Christy Rush-Levine explains why she stocks some books in her middle school classroom library that can provoke concerns from families, and how she deals with conflicts.

Rotation of the Classroom Library

Inspired by a closet clean-out, Leigh Anne Eck considers the way a seasonal rotation is also good for classroom libraries.

Keeping the Classroom Library Current

Franki Sibberson explains how she watches students closely and adjusts her library based on what she sees all year long.

Curating a Classroom Library

Katherine Sokolowski explains why it is important to sort and weed out books carefully before the new year begins.

Curating a Nonfiction Classroom Library

Franki Sibberson writes about how her thinking about nonfiction is changing her classroom library in this first installment of a four-part series.

Letting Students Define and Design My 6th Grade Classroom Library

Katie Doherty's 6th graders take charge of the classroom library, with an activity designed to build an understanding of genre at the same time.

Videos

Building Reading Skills Book to Book: A Conference with Bridget

Christy Rush-Levine confers with eighth grader Bridget, coaxing her to compare and contrast the reading experience and plot twists in books.


Middle School Library Makeover: Part 1

In this first of a two-part video series, Joan Moser and Gail Boushey work with students, a librarian, and a principal to makeover a middle-school library. This first installment features the creation of a "cozy area" and new book browsing displays.


Middle School Library Makeover: Part 2

Gail Boushey and Joan Moser collaborate with a middle school librarian, principal, and team of students to makeover the school library. In this final segment of the series, they redo the stacks and meeting area, and then talk with students about the transformation of the entire library.

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