If you haven't read my first blog post on this topic, then I encourage you to visit my previous post to gain some background. At this time I continue to dedicate every minute I can sacrifice to working in the leveled library (in each building, remember I'm doing two!). We did have a work day at each building, like I mentioned earlier, where staff were able to help stamp, label and bag the books I've already inventoried. This was important for a few reasons. Yes, I need HELP that is not arguable. However, there are other important reasons that relate directly to teacher buy-in: 1. usage, 2. respect, 3. comfort....... Guided Reading is near and dear to my heart, but not to those who love their teacher's manual and anthology series. Our district is implementing the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment next year K-6 for beginning, middle and end of the year benchmarking. The leveled library will directly connect to that assessment and we are encou...
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