Lots and lots of books.....

Today my goal was my classroom library..... that is a big, big challenge, let me tell you! I have a TON of books thanks to my parents, my brother and half price books. Here was the mess:

 Scary right? (Ignore the Lying Game in the background... I have to pass the endless time somehow!) For the past two years I have organized my books by Lexile level. This year, I changed it up a bit. I decided that I wanted to organize by genre. I have read research that kids will be more happy to pick books to read by what they are interested in, so I organized my books by genre instead! Here is the result:

This will be the neatest it will be all year! I am going to give each kid a marker to leave in the box that they get their book out of... maybe it will stay a little neat? 

Updated To-Do list...

So here it is... the TO DO LIST:

paint all shelves and cubbies black

sew curtains

hang curtains

recover teacher chair

get rid of teacher desk

organize filing cabinets

organize library

buy & build more shelves

reconnect computers

organize computer area

organize teacher area

hang posters

paint PINK chalk board (oh yes! I'm excited!)

paint/hang new white board (I can't decide)

organize books

set student tables & drawers

I still have a lot to do!!! I am really looking forward to my room being all together!