Re: ELEM:Removal of AR Books into Classrooms?

[Wendy Stoll <Wendy40@AOL.COM>]

In a message dated 10/25/01 12:25:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
VANEESAT@AOL.COM writes:


> How could you possibly move all of the AR books from the library into the
> classrooms?

We keep the AR sets in plastic boxes that the teachers can check out.

I agree with Elizabeth; the library is for recreational reading, and
curriculum support...NOT just the part of the curriculum that uses AR.  I
want the children to come to the library for what THEY want...and if it's a
Clifford book for a 5th grader, so be it.

Our teachers often have two sets checked out, to cover the different reading
levels, and I do have all the AR tests on one computer in the library, and
our books are marked if they are AR.  There are a couple of first graders
reading at 4th-5th level, and they can use this.  But the library is a
LIBRARY, not a forced reading program.

I suppose if you are a flexible-schedule only facility, doing AR through the
library is one way of getting the kids to come in, but my goal is to make the
library a place that is pleasant and welcoming as well as useful for finding
answers.


Wendy Stoll, librarian
Smyrna Elementary School
Louisville, KY                          Wendy40@aol.com

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