Re: Instead of shelf markers...

["Gustafson, Jean" <JeanGustafson@SELAH.WEDNET.EDU>]

Okay, shelf markers have a wonderful purpose.  My little people used them to
help them remember where they were and what they were doing.  By using
different colored shelf markers, I could also tell at a glance the students
that got to check out that day and students that were reading, but not
checking out.

By third grade I didn't require the shelf markers.  I taught the, tip the
book next to your book down, trick.  That way other students could tell it
was marking a spot and didn't need to be fixed.  I seemed to have many
students that would go a long and "clean up" the shelves for me, just
pulling one out didn't always mark the spot for very long.  My second
graders and up when working on Fiction organization would shelve the books
that came in from their class.  This was great fun for them and they learned
about spine labels and alphabetical order.

R. Jean Gustafson
Librarian
Selah Jr. High
Selah, WA 98942
509-697-0520
jeangustafson@selah.wednet.edu

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