Classroom Vlog: Library and...Stuff
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8 жыл бұрынMy classroom library is finally seeing the attention it deserves! I am almost having too much fun going through the books! I seriously have to stop myself from at least skimming through them all!
This just might be my largest task still facing me in my classroom! It can feel daunting and exciting at the same moment!
What about the book carousel? Option A or Option B?
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@kassandraverdugo3728 8 жыл бұрын
love the way your classroom is coming together !
@standincub 8 жыл бұрын
We had those painter sticks at my library when I was in elementary school. When you took a book off the shelf you stuck your paint stick there so you knew where to put it back. Genius.
@lj4466 8 жыл бұрын
Your seating is very interesting, I've never seen a classroom set up that way. Thanks for your videos, they're so helpful and get me so excited for finally having my own classroom!
@mandag6890 8 жыл бұрын
Option A-- the books should stay with the other books. PS I absolutely love your videos!! I have been teaching for 13 years, yet I still learn so much from you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Good luck at your new school!
@shawnaclark560 8 жыл бұрын
Keep the stand by the library. The book store look is so cute!
@tiffany5218 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A, keep like items together. Plus, the bookstore vibe is cool! Love and look forward to your videos!
@MadisonLovely 8 жыл бұрын
You're my inspiration ☺️ I've wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl and you make me feel like it's actually possible for me to do it
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Aww. Thank you so much! With passion and drive you can do anything!
@aeelayyan 8 жыл бұрын
I'm voting for A. All your books in the same area! Those reading chairs are adorable!! Such a nice pop of color!
@PaigesPages 8 жыл бұрын
I definitely think it should be choice A! Makes it more like a library feel. Keep em all together!!
@CuriosityRocks 8 жыл бұрын
If I was a kid in your class I would totally want to hog that beautiful desk you have at the front, it feels so safe and homely
@SwedishNonsense 8 жыл бұрын
I love all these vlogs!
@pm-r6136 8 жыл бұрын
Option A near the bookshelf is best! My gosh!!! You have tons of books and tons of patience!!! You are sooo dedicated!!!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
:) Thank you Patty!
@nataliewarkentin9423 8 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of the writing process for the cork boards.. Your class is super cute
@bethsbookishreviews9374 8 жыл бұрын
I like the "Series Rack" over by the library. The room looks great!!!
@angelabennett3545 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A for your book rack! :) Love how your room is looking!
@janae70541 8 жыл бұрын
You can use those cork boards as a homework board for students that may be absent. Post past assignments for the week (M-F) on the boards with a bin nearby filled with copies of the assignments. Helps to get them in a habit of being responsible for themselves by checking the boards and asking their peers before coming to you as their teacher for missed work. Works really well when student happen to miss a test - you can accentuate it with bright colors.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, I like this too!
@gustavogomez8931 8 жыл бұрын
Loved the randomness of it...I'm feeling the meet-the-teacher-nerves astirrin'...lol...watching your vlogs calms those down.I was glad to hear about the "piles"...I thought I was the only one that did that. Last year those piles almost got me, but I got them first ha ha.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Piles are everywhere! Hopefully my Meet the Teacher gave you some new ideas! Thank you for watching!
@createteachthrive5106 8 жыл бұрын
I love the carousel near the library... it looks better near the other shelf of books. Oh! I asked you a question on your TPT I hope you got it. thanks so much!
@kcm7134 8 жыл бұрын
Here's an end of the year tip that will make setting up the library easier each year: I bought large Plastic tubs with lids. The last week of school, I have a few reliable kids pack the books, keeping genres together as much as possible since that's the way my library is organized. Unpacking is much faster when the books are packed the way they are organized!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Love it! I'm going to shrink wrap my books like I did for the move this year! It helped so much!
@katyclare7969 8 жыл бұрын
I love watching your videos, you inspire me as I'm training to become a teacher xx
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yay!! Good luck!
@katyclare7969 8 жыл бұрын
+The Lettered Classroom thank you xx
@catleo3621 8 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, and MUCH prefer the paired desks next to each other - it looks more symmetrical that way!
@danamarie7069 8 жыл бұрын
I like your idea for the writing process. I give my students jobs bc of the population I teach. They really respond positively, as I think it gives them an even bigger sense of individual importance and belonging, vs the whole class level.
@CuriosityRocks 8 жыл бұрын
I love seeing the books :D
@fionaleek7760 8 жыл бұрын
I would put it near the library. Classroom is looking amazing
@mattfortune8116 8 жыл бұрын
You could use the cork boards for house points or for the names of whos in each house. Don't know if your doing it this way or not but would be cool to split them into houses and give out points but have the houses span both ur am and pm classes so that your am griffindors can effect the points of ur pm griffindors. not sure if that makes sense. haha. loving your vlogs btw. :D
@conniepalmer2956 8 жыл бұрын
You could use a card table for your square table. I know you want your classroom to have a rustic appearance. You could paint the top or place distressed fabric on top of the card table. To have a smooth surface for writing, cover it with plexiglass.
@CreateOneDay 8 жыл бұрын
I think choice A by the books and student library is the best option. Thanks!
@jessicamariepj 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A!! That way all of the books are together!
@gracehammomd1865 8 жыл бұрын
I think choice A would work best for the flow of the classroom! love your videos!!
@cbagriep 8 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing about the bells in my school last summer too! I wasn't used to a elementary school having bells and I thought it was a door bell or something. I finally had to ask someone what they were!!!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Oh my it's so funny!
@candiceacosta5436 8 жыл бұрын
Love how easy on the eyes your room is. It has enough special touches to be engaging and interesting to look and learn in, but not overwhelming. I was wondering about your library---are those all your books? How do you keep track of them with the kids borrowing them?
@cpelletier9635 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A because all the girls putting their bags away are going to knock it all them time. All. The. Time. Plus, the picture books may not be read much as much of my students called them baby books. The books my students liked best in 4th grade were the "I survived..", Thea Stilton, Geronimo Stilton, Guinness Book of World Records (any year), Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Humphrey the Hamster (I think that was his name), Magic Treehouse, Descendants, etc. Dictionaries were a must in our classroom. The kids would always ask you a question that they could easily look up in the dictionary. We would say Look it up, before answering.
@lauracampion6781 8 жыл бұрын
My vote is for choice A...I like the idea of books with books and it might make it a bit easier when it comes to book shopping.
@katedupras1835 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A! It looks great over in the library area. Also, you might want to put fairytales before Gail Gibbons. 😊
@shanya6674 8 жыл бұрын
Why don't you use the 4 cork boards for house points? You mentioned sorting the children into houses so the house points could be a behaviour management tool?
@raquelrocksful 8 жыл бұрын
I think the series of unfortunate events book series might be a great choice to add to your collection if you haven't already 😊
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Going out searching this weekend!
@Kay.Marie. 8 жыл бұрын
The dictionary idea is a great one!
@lauraevelynashley 8 жыл бұрын
I love that you have so many fiction books in your library! I know you have done favorite book videos before... Do you have a suggestions on non-fiction books? or authors?
@samanthawilliams3436 8 жыл бұрын
Try the Dollar Tree for the Chinese take out boxes for the pop corn. They usually sell them in sets of two, and are usually by the party decorations.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Ugh. I didn't see this in time. I ended up going another route but I think it's a cute one!
@catleo3621 8 жыл бұрын
"I will, I promise.... maybe...." hehehehe my fave bit!
@katyscott5750 8 жыл бұрын
I like the book rack by your library!
@katyscott5750 8 жыл бұрын
I have those hexagon cork boards in my room! We use them as like a "refrigerator" if my students have something they are proud of or a picture they draw we pin it up there. I also take tons of pictures with my phone and my Polaroid and we pin them there also!
@teacherlife1344 8 жыл бұрын
I like the stand over by the library area
@StarbuckEducation 8 жыл бұрын
nice labels for the popcorn!
@ms.kristin6909 8 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of having all books in one area...like--the book store! BUT!!! Fourth graders are...BIG. It'd be nice--ER to have them have enough room to shop the books you have. Clearly, fourth grade kiddos would spend a minute at that shelf with chapter books, before they selected. I would put the new black spinning shelf across the room.
@zainaallan7983 8 жыл бұрын
You can go to a goodwill or a Savers for the chapter books, I got over 75 books for under 30 Books. Thanks if you read this, and your classroom is beautiful.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Of course I read them! Thank you so much for the tip and the kind words!
@OneFABTeacher 8 жыл бұрын
This was me and part of my library last week. Love your videos!! ((Hugs))
@luciab.pajuelo2382 8 жыл бұрын
By the books definetly! it is part of the library.
@shugirl1776 8 жыл бұрын
Option A by the library!!
@elizabethskaggs2004 8 жыл бұрын
Also....how does your "star student" desk work? Do they get to use all the supplies on that desk? Do they ever use up all of your post it notes,etc?
@CuriosityRocks 8 жыл бұрын
I love your lanyard :D
@chantalrefuse6011 8 жыл бұрын
If you can get a matching kitchenette set for the back it would look really good. Tfs your classroom. You did an excellent job.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@nyreemartinez8173 8 жыл бұрын
definately next to the library! Over in the corner it kind've just doesnt seem like it goes there!
@mwcmwc8768 8 жыл бұрын
I'd choose option A. I'd also group all my books by authors together and all my other books together. Example: Put all books by Gail Gibbons, Patricia Polacco, etc. together then put all categories (poems, fairy tales, etc.). I wouldn't mix them together--that's just me. I taught 4th for years. We used dictionaries almost every day. I can't imagine using Dr. Seuss easy readers, Mercer Meyer, and some others very much though.
@k.m.240 8 жыл бұрын
yay! tomorrow is your first day of school!! or if you read this Thursday it's the day!! good luck!!
@lovebalidt927 8 жыл бұрын
I thought she started next Wednesday
@k.m.240 8 жыл бұрын
+Agcath - oh yeah I'm thinking of someone else! I'm so sorry!
@marisagatt4694 8 жыл бұрын
I would put the stand next to the library area (option A). On the doors I would suggest to put pictures similar to the ones used in the film to open the doors. Ex: singing lady as I think the class needs a bit more Harry Potter theme in it. The main door maybe the platform theme and maybe do some labeling of cute bottles like potions.... I m also a teacher and thus really like your channel. KEEP IT UP xxx
@lindasofialopezestrada14 8 жыл бұрын
Im organizing the library in the school Im working. You inspire me to he better. Can you share some ideas for the first week of school and how to make a bomd with the students? This is my first time in 3rd grade and Im used to bigger students 5th and 6th. I wish I was you coworker 🤗🤗🤗
@TBLove2012 8 жыл бұрын
What camera do you use?
@Lucky_kit6052 8 жыл бұрын
Are the books yours? How did you get your library books?
@joeyfrancis146 8 жыл бұрын
Definitely choice A!
@madelingutierrez321 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A! For sure!
@MsLeprechaun7 8 жыл бұрын
I am not a teacher, but I do enjoy watching your videos. I had hoped to be one, but I lost hope. I'm 30 now and after watching your videos. I may just go back to school to get my degree. The only thing that's stopping me is my age. Thank you for sharing your videos! Also, I think you should look into getting: The Bailey School Kids Series and The Chronicles of Narnia. Thanks again and good luck!!!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Check out my Teach.com interview I posted a few months back. I think it will help reinforce your desire. It took me awhile to discover this as my passion.
@MsLeprechaun7 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for responding! I just read your interview and wow! It's good to know that I am not alone. I have had a hard situation and now I'm ready to get going again. Reading your awesome interview has now helped me out and now I must do research! I am so grateful for this amazing advice and I thank you for it! Thank you again!!! ~Ali
@micgolf 8 жыл бұрын
With those 4 frames made of cork you could do road signs
@elizabethskaggs2004 8 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@jordenlover1658 8 жыл бұрын
Hey I have a few questions. And I have a bunch of chapter books that I used from a few years back
@SimplySteph99 8 жыл бұрын
I like option a the best! Keep the books close together! What if you put it between the two yellow chairs? But def. keep the books close together!
@SimplySteph99 8 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of the process of writing or you could do something like the girl of the week or month and boy of the week or month?
@donnadallwein-mackey4470 8 жыл бұрын
choice b by the closet it kinda balances the room its out of the way no bumbing knocking over
@jalenjohnston3583 8 жыл бұрын
Option A looks great
@elizabethskaggs2004 8 жыл бұрын
My vote is put the standing circular bookshelf in the back by the craft closet.
@elizabethskaggs2004 8 жыл бұрын
How does the student desk work....the special desk that is adjacent to your whiteboard? Does this "special student" ever go through all your post-it notes, etc? Do they ever mess with the special pens and "destroy" them? @theletteredclassroom Help!!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
I'm headed over to the school now. If I have a moment I will do a quick vlog about it!
@nancycox270 8 жыл бұрын
choice A. Looks great.
@thejennymclean 8 жыл бұрын
Option A! Your classroom library has so many books! Any tips on how to build up a classroom library or where you get your books? I'm going to be a first year teacher and I feel like I will take forever to get to that point!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Don't worry about having a huge Library right away. It has taken me about 8 years to collect these books. I started in college and I just buy a few used books every so often. If you have a local used book store, that would be my first stop. Also try garage sales. A few comment below have mentioned websites for used books, but I haven't tried those yet. Oh! And Scholastic will give you credits when your students buy books....I have picked up quite a few through that program. Good luck!
@lookather100 8 жыл бұрын
Where did you get your black bookcase from and where did you get your curtains from as well?
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Bookcases were from Ikea. The curtains are from Target 😍
@kaitlyntylman7027 8 жыл бұрын
The book rack looks better by the book shelves !
@Lucky_kit6052 8 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on how/ what inspired you to become a teacher?
@SabeStar87 8 жыл бұрын
Option A! For sure!
@divinefox4789 8 жыл бұрын
choice A! as it will be with all the books and it looks so much neater there, it looks too out of place in choice B xx
@MarcellaCole08 8 жыл бұрын
With the pin boards .... If you use them for the writing process have the kids choose and name their animal (owl,cat, or a rat- like in Harry Potter) and use their animal to keep track of where they are in the writing process. If that makes sense.
@blisskissedme 8 жыл бұрын
I like it over by the closets
@jmark1039 8 жыл бұрын
What grade do you teach?
@emmasummerour5892 8 жыл бұрын
Okay so I'm 16 right now and I LOVE KIDS. I'm trying to decide whether I want to be a teacher or a pediatrician/ pediatric nurse. I love these videos and they are really helping me what being a teacher is like. Thank you! Also does anyone have any tips on how I should decide what I want to do? Or, if you're a teacher, what's your favorite part about being a teacher?
@MaraChan1996 8 жыл бұрын
You should get the Babysitter's Club books!
@kathryns31biz 8 жыл бұрын
option A and where did you get the Layard? I would love to order one too.
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NUJPL8E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 My husband ordered it off of Amazon, it was Prime at the time... :) ....but I have seen the same one on Ebay and other sites. It's even better in person!
@shof189 8 жыл бұрын
I love themes too - they work with my brain! I would LOVE a Harry Potter classroom theme. (love yours) but I'm always leery of themes because I feel bad for kids who don't connect to the themes/aren't excited about it. Have you thought about how students who may not be interested in Harry Potter will react to your classroom?
@natalie3104 8 жыл бұрын
Does your new school use basal readers?
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
I don't expect to use them in 4th grade, but we will see. I used them often in K.
@julianar523 8 жыл бұрын
I think the rack should go with all of the other books to keep it more organized and not just like confusing and books everywhere
@jenniferhugar5352 8 жыл бұрын
I vote option A. I like all the books near each other.
@Thehomegrownmother 8 жыл бұрын
Option A!!! 😊
@fabulousfirsties4895 8 жыл бұрын
What kind of watch are you wearing! So cute!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
It is a Burberry watch.
@micgolf 8 жыл бұрын
Choice A by the other books
@victoriavelez7629 8 жыл бұрын
How about between your two yellow chairs? Too cluttered?
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yea, we tried that....didn't look as good as I had hoped.
@crowenessa 8 жыл бұрын
Option A for sure
@simisidhu8034 8 жыл бұрын
I think Choice A next to all the other books Hope you reply
@Anna-qz9uh 8 жыл бұрын
Option A all the way! 😊
@mkain006 8 жыл бұрын
I like choice a for the book spinner
@mrssantiago301 8 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the book carousel at? I I would to put that in my classroom library!
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
It was in the hallway to go to storage! I'm not sure where it was purchased.
@kimberlysimpson6356 8 жыл бұрын
option A, keeping the books together.
@jessicabollman4431 8 жыл бұрын
choice a. .I like all the books in one area...
@JenuineLife 8 жыл бұрын
Just curious... Does your school know you vlog? Did you feel obligated to keep them informed? Thanks :)
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yes. I made it part of my interview packet. I wouldn't say I feel obligated, but I see no reason to hide it. I love teaching and sharing!
@JenuineLife 8 жыл бұрын
+The Lettered Classroom cool. No I agree it's great. I love to share too. I just haven't shared my classroom stuff on KZfaq yet as I didn't know if it was a safety/privacy thing or not (obviously when you film students it is different again) I will approach my principal I think. Your room looks fab by the way :) Jen
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
+organisedlifestyle - Yes. Definitely give parents the option to opt in or out. You will get some of both, and that's ok.
@juliamarie3929 8 жыл бұрын
will you do a classroom tour
@BridgingLiteracy 8 жыл бұрын
Yes of course!...but my room isn't done!?!? I might film it next weekend. We will see.
@littlefox.007 8 жыл бұрын
Option A!