Student Managing All begins with expectations!!!! Establish your routines. List the rules so they can see. Teach them how to select books. Practice, Practice, Practice

Classroom Library Rules Two books at most may be checked out at a time. Books are due back within a week. Books from Browsing Boxes may only go home overnight. Return check-out books first thing in the morning. Do not disturb someone who is reading. Please whisper in the classroom library. If you need help, first ask a friend or consult the library map. If you still need help, ask the student librarian. After trying these steps, ask the teacher or other adult helper.

Student Librarian One in each group Helps keeps things organized

Label Books Code them  Get parent help!!!!  Sort them yourself, then get kids to put the code on the book for you. So they know what bin it goes back to…  Colors– colored dots  Pictures- address labels with pictures  Letters- letter stamps/stickers  Shapes- stickers or address labels

Student Choosing Book Must know where to look– Must have a organized library Must know how to choose a just right book.  I PICK  3 Finger Rule

Buddy Reading Choosing a Partner Voice Ways to Read to Someone Coaching Your Partner Check For Understanding

EEKK, Voice, Check Teach them EEKK- Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee Voice Level- very soft Check for Understanding-  Summarize what the partner read I heard you read that ____________________. Who? What happened? Where did it happen? I heard you read that ____________________. Who? What happened? Where did it happen?

Ways to Read to Someone I Read, You Read (good to build fluency)  One person reads while the other person listens and check for understanding Read Two Different Books I Read, You Read (good to build fluency)  One person reads while the other person listens and check for understanding Read Two Different Books

Check For Understanding Use with partners Check out this clip

How to Choose A Partner Ask- how do you think kids in our room could communicate the need for a partner?

Coaching or Time? Discuss a student coach. Ask—have you ever been with a partner and come to a word you didn’t know? We are going to learn how to be a reading coach for our partner.