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What do you do to make sure students know the difference between paper backs and hard backs? Mine 3rd-5th don't seem to retain this. They don't seem to remember where the paperbacks are in our library. I have been having students sort the books each week when they turn them in by Easy, Paperback, Fiction, and nonfiction. My aide thinks that we shouldn't let them check out books if they can't tell the difference between paperback and hard back books. She thinks if we tell them that they can't get a book if they don't know the difference then they will learn it. Just curious what your thoughts on this are.
old librarian On 10/24/13, Inquiring Mines wrote: > What do you do to make sure students know the difference > between paper backs and hard backs? Mine 3rd-5th don't > seem to retain this. They don't seem to remember where the > paperbacks are in our library. I have been having students > sort the books each week when they turn them in by Easy, &g...See More
Oct 25, 2013
What I've Been Doing I like your idea of letting the students sort the books when they return them, providing a visual and even kinesthetic way to learn these differences. That said, it's not clear why it's so important they tell the difference? Is this a standard you are supposed to be teaching, or a personal annoyance you could let go...or is the entire library organ...See More
Oct 27, 2013


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