[aisle] What to suggest to teachers about their classroom libraries

[Debbie Handel]

Great, thanks!

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:57 AM Renee Brown <brownr at cusd305.org> wrote:

> One suggestion in the classroom is to have 5 tubs each marked M,T,W,Th,Fr.
> Any books touched and returned go in the appropriate day and are sealed
> until the quarantine time is over. Additionally, The teacher is only
> allowing books from that day's tub to be borrowed on that day. For example,
> if "Because of Winn Dixie" is in the Tuesday tub, the student will have to
> wait until Tuesday to check it out.
>
> Renee Brown
> *District Librarian*
> *School Library Media Specialist*
> *Computer Teacher*
> *Learn and Serve Team Coordinator*
> Arthur CUSD #305
> Atwood-Hammond Elementary School
> 217-578-2229
>
> [image: See the source image]
>
> *        (Class of 2011)*
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:28 AM Debbie Handel via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> It appears my district is not stating definitively that children cannot
>> share books in classroom libraries, yeah I know that is the recommendation.
>> My principal has asked me to give advice to classroom teachers about how to
>> manage their classroom libraries with their students. I plan to share the
>> REALM Project’s recommendations,  which I will follow- now planning to
>> quarantine my books for 4 days before shelving and allowing them to be
>> checked out again. We will have two groups sharing the same desks on
>> opposite days of the week in classrooms, so all materials used will be
>> separated. Any classroom library-specific strategies that you can pass on I
>> would greatly appreciate it.
>> It seems to be more difficult to deal with in some aspects then the
>> actual library books in the library. Obviously, the teachers want their
>> kids to be able to read classroom books but not to share without some plan
>> for quarantining them as well. Multiple hands touching while browsing seems
>> to be a major concern.
>> --
>>
>> Debbie Handel
>> Library Media Specialist
>> handelde at u4sd.org
>>
>> Stratton Academy for the Arts
>> 902 N. Randolph
>> Champaign, IL 61820
>> 217-373-7330
>>
>>
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Debbie Handel
Library Media Specialist
handelde at u4sd.org

Stratton Academy for the Arts
902 N. Randolph
Champaign, IL 61820
217-373-7330
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