teachers - young ages

[luvmyfam444]

How do you organize your books that you read to your kids from year to year? Are they just on a bookshelf that you go to & hunt them or do you have some other sytem?

I'm thinking it may be smart to pull the books that go with the theme/letter & put them in the file with the rest of the things i have (wksh/patterns, etc). BUT then I'm afraid I may want that book for another theme/letter & not be able to find it! (not like I can find my books anyway 'cause my kids read them & never put them back on the bookshelves)...

Any input would be great!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

I dont do this yet because I just started and do not have alot of books yet..but many of the teachers that I have seen have their books by month...like all the september ones first, oct, etc..

 

[MickeyMomTo2]

When I taught first grade, I put a small, square label on the bottom left corner of the front of the book. On the sticker, I put the first letter of the author's last name. I kept the books in bins, and I wrote letters on the front of the bins (e.g. one bin might have ABCD, another EFGH, etc...). These books were available for the kids to read, but they could easily put them back because they matched the letter on the sticker to the bin. Not only did this help reinforce ABC order, but it kept my books in decent order, and I could find books when I needed to.

Hope this helps!

 

[luvmyfam444]

Thanks for the replies - it's so hard to get everything organized! And then if you do things by months/themes & you teach somewhere else or the curriculum changes & things aretn' taught the same then your stuck hunting your books again! UGH!

 

[Kteacher]

Mine are organized by theme. My science related books are all together, alphabet related books together, first day of school, last day of school, holidays,friendship-you get the picture. I do keep series together ( Junie B. Jones, Froggy ).This system works for me, and it makes it easier to put my hand on a book quickly if I need it.

 

[java]

USE THE PARENTS!! I'm a parent and am more than willing to help out with organizing books. In fact my friend just spent 2 days last week creating a system for the new kindergarten teacher. You have enough to worry about! Talk to your class mom and ask for help with the books!
thank you for all you do!

 

[VolvoManiac850]

I'm a future (male!) elementary teacher and I intend to organize my books by month used if they are "seasonal" books and need to be stored during the months they will not be used. I'll probably use banker's boxes or something similar for storage.

As far as the books that will be out at all times, I am leaning towards alphabetization by author's last name rather than by genre. Alphabetization would lead to book series (i.e. Polk Street School) being together by author and would help students in the library when they are searching for books. I've noticed that many elementary-aged students tend to think libraries organize in order of title, not author, and I'd like to see them get a bit of practice with this outside of the library so they are better prepared for visits to what I hope they think is the "coolest place in the school". (Come on, now, who doesn't love a library?)