Happy Birthday, Christy!
On the list for today:
- Weeding
- Prepping for Book Talk
Weeding: I went through the "easy" section of the library to find any books to weed. We printed a report last week and I went through and looked at copyright dates, when books were last checked out, when they were purchased and how many times they had been checked out. Christy said to aim for ten and I actually discarded about six. It was hard to discard the books! Especially since they were picture books! But, I know they will find new life elsewhere!
The books that got discarded were duplicates or older and not checked out often and were visually unappealing. A couple of the books found new homes with teachers that may use them within their classrooms (Pink and Say--a duplicate-- went to a Social Studies teacher).
The actual process of weeding in the software was really very easy! Just a few steps...I am finding that many library tasks are very multi-step! Ordering books was quite the process!
I also did a little prep work for a book talk on Thursday. I put the March Mysteries out and selected a couple of books to add to the talk. I am pretty excited about my choices although one may be a little to "scary" for the sixth graders...I need to treat it gingerly. All of the reviews include sixth graders except one and it says 7th and up. But these kids are almost seventh graders...so I am going to keep in in unless Christy advises otherwise.
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