[aisle] Nonfiction and Fiction Rooms

Thu Oct 8 13:58:01 CDT 2020

Dawn - I'm so sorry you were offended by the teacher who wrote about
stigma. I'm sure they didn't mean that you and your staff would shame a
student reading below grade level, but other kids, particularly that
student's classmates, would. We can't be everywhere at all times, and not
all behavior can be monitored. I myself was horror-stricken several years
ago when a student survey indicated that the place in school where the most
bullying occurred was the library! We subsequently beefed up adult presence
there, and there have been no further complaints. I know you can also
arrange things to best serve your students.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 9:25 AM Renee Brown via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We have a similar situation where we were allowed to expand our library
> into the next room. I moved all non-fiction to the next room and have E
> books and Fiction books in the other. I have E shelves and F shelves, along
> with a section for Popular Series and Graphic Novels. Currently, this
> library has a JH section with a range of titles that I can't quite tell
> what the criteria was for putting them in the JH collection. It seems very
> hit or miss to me. My preference would be to shelve all chapter Fiction
> titles together. In a different library, the practice is to put a YA
> sticker on the back of upper-grade content books and set an age limit for
> their circulation.
>
> Renee Brown
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> *Computer Teacher*
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> Arthur CUSD #305
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> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 9:00 AM Barb Miller via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> In a previous district we had three collections, primary, elementary, and
>> middle school. They were shelved separately from each other and each
>> section had a colored spine label cover to indicate what level it was. The
>> rule was you could choose books at your current level and from books at
>> level(s) below you. You could only go up with permission from your teacher
>> - this allowed us to keep the YA books out of the hands of the accelerated
>> elementary students.
>>
>> Barb Miller
>> Learning Resource Center Facilitator
>> Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C
>>
>>
>> *“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels
>> about education.” Harold Howe*
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 8:51 AM Dawn Brunschon via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Good  morning collective minds!
>>>
>>> I have a building in my district that currently has a primary library
>>> and an intermediate library due to space constraints.  We have the
>>> opportunity to move the primary right next to the intermediate (yes, it was
>>> down the hall before) with a connecting door.  YEAH!  However, the
>>> principal would now like us to make it into a nonfiction room and a fiction
>>> room.
>>>
>>> My main concern is behavior management.  We have issues with behaviors
>>> in this particular building and separating the teacher and the library
>>> assistant, who will be busy checking out books, is a concern.  But
>>> secondly, I would still keep a primary fiction section and primary
>>> nonfiction section.
>>>
>>> This was sent out to the teachers after I convinced him to do a survey.
>>> This was written by a teacher.
>>> Creating a self-esteem safe library spaces for students should be the
>>> focus. Students in grade 3-5 do not always read at grade level and it is
>>> very difficult for them to go select a book that is at their level. A big
>>> part of their hesitation is peer reaction to low level books and another is
>>> the pressure they feel to actually tell us they need a low level book.
>>> Creating a fiction/nonfiction library helps to eliminate the stigma
>>> students have towards reading (at a lower level) and it will help normalize
>>> the fact that reading level abilities vary. In the years I have been an
>>> educator I have seen how reluctant students are to choose wisely (in terms
>>> of book check out) because of the shame they feel in selecting a book below
>>> grade level.
>>>
>>> I am very offended and hurt that they think we would ever make our
>>> students feel shame for their reading level.  We have tried very hard to
>>> increase our hi/low book collection and they are shelved with the main
>>> collection to keep this from happening.
>>>
>>> Is there anyone else that has two rooms set up this way?  Do you all
>>> have your primary fiction books (picture books, beginning readers, early
>>> chapter books) mixed in with the intermediate chapter books?  Am I looking
>>> at this wrong?  I still feel I need to have a separation between the two
>>> age ranges.  Suggestions?  Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Dawn
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