Big, exciting changes in the
Library!!
The Alabama State Department
of Education has requested that schools help ensure student privacy by removing
reading level indicators from the outside of books.
As we re-label our library
books by moving the reading level dots from the spine to the inside back cover,
we are also using this opportunity to rearrange our Fiction. The new sections
will provide greater choice and make finding books easier for our students.
We will divide our fiction
books into three sections:
books with less than 35
pages;
books with 35 to 120 pages;
and books with more than 120
pages.
Within each section, there
will be books on a variety of reading levels. Students can select shorter or
longer books based on their interest and then check the back of the book to
help determine comprehension level.
These three sections will be called
by their geographical location in the Library:
Fiction Northwest (the books
less than 35 pages)
Fiction West (the books from
35 to 120 pages)
and
Fiction Southwest (the books
greater than 120 pages).
By sectioning our fiction
books according to length, we believe students will have more choices and have an
easier time finding “good fit” reads that match their interests. By naming the
sections according to geographic location in the library, we will help students learn another
important “directional” skill.
We look to have this project
(which impacts over 7,000 books) completed by Spring of 2017…but ambitiously,
we are aiming for Spring of 2016. Our PTO Library Volunteers have already helped with Phase I; we are now scheduling/planning Phase II. We will keep you up to date!
