More Strategies

• Plan Your Classroom Library.
• Set-up & Organize Your Classroom Library for Success.
• Sustain Your Classroom Library with Skill Building Collections & Professional Teacher Resources.
• Teach With Your Library - Provide Structure and Guidence for Independent Reading.
• Understand How Classroom Libraries Work: Research & Results.
• Strategies to Use During and After Reading

Plan Your Classroom Library

As you begin to think about your library, consider the size of your classroom, how big or small your library needs to be, and how you can build your collection of books. The following resources offer fresh ideas for creating a rich text environment in your classroom.

For practical ideas and lists of important considerations to make when you plan your library, download Ray Reutzel and Parker Fawson's Planning Your Classroom Library (PDF), from Your Classroom Library: New Ways to Give it More Teaching Power.