First post...classroom library...and more!!

Greetings! I am SO excited....let me repeat...SO, SO excited to be joining the teacher blog community! This is something I have wanted to do for a long time...and now seemed like a great time. (So many snow days...plenty of time to get it up and running!) 

Here in MN today we are experiencing -45 degrees with windchill...yes 45 BELOW zero. Coffee is keeping me warm. :)

OH.....and this little guy. 

 Why did my ancestors choose to reside here??? Well...we do tend to forget these cold days when we have our beautiful spring, summers and fall! Enough about the weather!

Welcome to my classroom where I treat everyone like family and strive to create a safe, loving, and thriving educational community. I strongly believe in teaching character as well as academics. This is one of my favorite education quotes: 

(Thanks A to Z Teacher Stuff)

LOVE it!

Anywho, on to my classroom library. Each year I struggled with keeping my book baskets organized. I have my books organized by Lexile level and for a long time had a "color coded sticker or animal sticker that matches the Lexile number" sorting system. This was really hard for my 2nd graders to figure out...so many different stickers, etc. SO...this year I downloaded these amazing alphabet book basket labels. 

You can find those labels HERE. 

I then created letter labels for my books. I did these in black and white because a) school only has a black and white printer, b) I have a book buying OBSESSION..(can you say thrift store??) and c) I didn't want to use all my color ink at home in one sitting.

If you would like my labels, they can be downloaded here.

I also sorted about half of my books by topic. I have those labels too somewhere! I will dig those out and share as soon as I find them. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Mrs. Palmer