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What to do? Every week a certain teacher comes in complaining about something. Such as, her students are bringing her personal copies of books with them to the library and she wants them to stop. They obviously don't have a barcode on them and so I spot them easily and send them back with the students. But she doesn't want them to bring them. Or, students keep leaving all their library books home and have nothing to read in class and she can't get them to bring them back. Today, she asked if I had ever thought of having students write sentences for this problem. Etc. Do you have any suggestions for me. It is getting very old.
Sigh- but here's a couple ideas Ugh! But... 1) get her a plastic tub if she doesn't have a book return container of her own, with her name on it 2)Book bringer is a weekly job. Every day that person can look in their book tub and make sure none of her classroom books got in there by mistake. On library day they bring it with them. 3)keep a supply (I use Zoobooks magazines and ran...See More
Feb 12, 2013
Sigh- but here's a couple ideas Ugh! But... 1) get her a plastic tub if she doesn't have a book return container of her own, with her name on it 2)Book bringer is a weekly job. Every day that person can look in their book tub and make sure none of her classroom books got in there by mistake. On library day they bring it with them. 3)keep a supply (I use Zoobooks magazines and ran...See More
Feb 12, 2013
RSVP weekly problem During the next library visit: (If the students come once a week) Have the students come in and not checkout books that week. Rather they sit and have a forum about library return policy and why its important. Link with a writing assignment. If they are In kindergarten, encourage them to draw pictures about what was discussed. Lower grade, write se...See More
Aug 30, 2013


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