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Our Classroom Library: Reflections

November 15, 2013 Categories: Classroom Management & Discipline / Classroom Organization
I'm definitely doing this each year from now on! As the end of the first quarter of the school year rolled around, I reflected on the benefits I'd seen from involving students in building our classroom library and fully realized how amazing (and fun!) this project has been. I gave it a try this year because I felt I should, but from now on I'll be doing it because I know it works and because students can learn so much from it. Here are some highlights:
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