libraries

Breakout Session: "Classroom Libraries" by Jordan Carlson

 * [|Routman, R. (2003). Reading Essentials: The Specifics You Need to Teach Reading Well ;] Chapter 5: Organize an Outstanding Classroom Library (Handout for this session)


 * Classroom libraries improve reading achievement.
 * Take a critical look at your classroom library.
 * Make classroom and school libraries attractive, comfortable, and accessible.
 * Classroom libraries contribute to easy management during guided reading.
 * There is no substitute for quality books.





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 * See Open Space Meeting Notes (4): Classroom Libraries