Re: [LM_NET] AR levels on spines

[Robin Shtulman <shtulman@ERVING.COM>]

I do agree with Jan that there might be some privacy issues involved.  However, in 
my school's experience privacy was not an issue.  

I was against labeling the books with AR levels, but my students requested it.  I 
turned it into a club; some of the students who were so eager to have the stickers 
spent their lunch times with me and put the stickers on the books.  The kids find 
the information very helpful when choosing what to read.  Sometimes, they are 
required to pick a book within their reading range; and, just like adults, 
sometimes they want a challenge, and sometimes they want a skinny little easy book 
to read on the bus.  Just b/c a book has a brown 4th level sticker on it doesn't 
mean the person holding that book couldn't read a 6th level.  That said, there are 
kids who feel they have to borrow a giant book to carry around.

Robin Shtulman, Librarian
Erving Elementary School 
28 Northfield Rd. Erving, MA 01344 
413-423-3326 
shtulman@erving.com 
http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm 
"Let's go to the library; 
I bet we can learn some valuable things there." 
Harry & the Potters

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