Can't you just make it a rule that they must remember the book by the time
the class comes to the library? Once they are back in their room, it is too
late. I think if a class has a scheduled time to come to the library for
books, the students should not be allowed to come back later.
Marsha Redd
Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com
Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student.
Everyone is a teacher.
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From: Guusje <guusje@MINDSPRING.COM>
Reply-To: Guusje <guusje@mindspring.com>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] What to do with "Forgetters"
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:08:27 -0500
I've stuggled with this for 15 years and still don't a solution.
What do you do with the kids who "forget" their library book on library day?
Here they don't check out if they an outstanding book (teaches
responsiblity, it's part of their homework, keeps parents from going
ballistic when their kids have lost multiple books etc.). The teachers
like it that way so changing that isn't an option. We do make exceptions
all the time so it's not set in stone.
So, what do I do with these kids while the others are checking out books?
We've tried:
Reading Magazines - which turned into "oh great, I can read the magazines,
and the min. I get back to class I "find" my book and get to come back to
the library miss the math lesson I didn't want to listen to anyway.
Doing Worksheets - "oh boy, can I have some more, once again I'll find my
book when I get back to class....
Puzzles - a repeat of #1 & #2
Pulling a book of the shelf and reading it - kid runs around the library
pulling books at random and it's a repeat of coming to library the min. they
get back to class.
Straightening the shelves - another round of "oh greats"...and the shelves
are in shambles, since I can't supervise it properly.
About the only thing that doesn't result in "oh boys" is sitting out and
then coming to get a book at recess (which is "their time").
I don't like that option since the kid is wasting 15 min. doing nothing
productive. Our kids are savvy and street smart and will do anything to get
out of class and come hang out in the library. Once one figures out a way
they tell their friends and it spreads like wildfire.
So, oh wise librarians, what does everyone else do?
Guusje Moore
Librarian
Housman Elementary
Houston TX
guusje@mindspring.com
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