This post is a combination of a throwback Thursday and my best advice to grow a classroom library! The photos I've included in this post are from my very first classroom. I began my classroom teaching career as a second grade teacher, and I was fortunate to have a beautiful classroom and an amazing group of students! For this post, I am going to focus on how to build a classroom library.
Look at how fresh and clean that carpet is!!!
When I started teaching, I attended the Scholastic Warehouse Fairs. If you live close to one of their warehouses, you have to check it out. They have tons of books on sale in their warehouse. It's like going to one giant book fair! You get a shopping cart, and walk through, tossing books into your cart. Beware: You can, and will, spend hundreds of dollars on your first trip there!
I also used E-Bay to find books. If you search "children's book lot" in the search area of the website, you'll find books sold in groupings for reasonable prices.
Another way to find books is to scope out library book sales. You can get boxes of books for super cheap. They're second hand, but who cares? Your students will love them just the same as your brand new books. Another suggestion is to let your class parents know that you're collecting books. When they go through their libraries at home, they'll donate old books to you!
Finally, Scholastic Bonus Points from the Scholastic Reading Club. This is the greatest idea for classroom teachers. Whenever your students order from the Scholastic Reading Club each month, you earn points. Let your points accumulate, and once you have a good amount, order new books for your classroom each month. When the book box arrives in my classroom my students cheer. There's only one problem: We're running out of room on our shelves!
Today, Dawn and I are joining in on the Link Party: Creative Geekery Pin It Party
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