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

Sustain Your Classroom Library

An effective classroom library will provide books that meet the interests and skill levels of your students. The following resources offer ideas for identifying what your kids like to read and provide lists of high quality books and reading materials for a wide range of titles, authors, and genres.

Find out what your students like to read.

• Ask Eleven Questions About Reading (PDF)
• Identify student intersts with the Reading Interest Survey (PDF).

Match books to readers.

Sustain your library selection with student favorites and skill building books.

Books That Hook

Timeless Picture Books (Grades PreK - 3)
Books for Boys (Grades PreK - 7)
Novels for Middle Grades (Grades 3 - 7)
Coming of Age Novels (Grades 6 - 9+)
Caldecott Collection (Grades K - 2)
Great Nonfiction for Grades 4 - 6
Historical Biography Collections (Grades 2 - 3)
Favorite Characters Collections (Grades 2 - 3)
Junie B. Jones (Grades 1 - 3)
Junie B. Jones II (Grades K - 3)
The Best of Scholastic (Grades 7 - 9)
Scholastic Children's Dictionary (Grades 3-8)