Classroom library

HOW ARE YOU?

I am going to write about our library project called ''MAGIC TRIP'', in a bus.

The project is destignated to the first cycle of Primary Education in a bilingual school. Students made the project in Art&Craft lessons with the help of the teacher.

Our library is in a corner of the class, it is a bus stop where children can get, read and look up books.

The library is a shelves decorated with cardboards which the school offers to students, although some materials are obtained by the Cooperative of the children at the begining of the year.

To complete the classroom collection, the school supplies thirty one books precedents by Usborne collection, students have to bring at least one book to read.

Some of them are

1.    The wish fish.

2.    The lion and the mouse.

The project is at the back of the classroom, we used continuous paper to create a big bus where we can appreciate the appearance of the students, because there is a photo and a pocket of each child in each window to keep the sheets, they are called bus tickets, students have to complete them when they finish to read a book.

When they complete ten bus tickers, the teacher will give a personalized certificate.

Also, the driver’s place is change, one student is the manager of the class each week.The task is the organization of the library and give the books to their partners.

According with their personal opinions of each book, children have to stick in their own window one sticker, red if they do not like the book or green if they like it.

The road which joins the bus with its bus stop, it contains the key words, each child has to write the most difficult word and its meaning on the road.

Furthermore, they have to write one word per book which they consider important or essential in their books without repeating the words that are written by their mates in the road. It is called main words.

We consider that it is a good idea, due to students must to pay attention and comprehend the reading.

Moreover, at the end of the year, we will divided the children in groups and they will have to create a story based on the main words of the books chosen, on this way, they can develop their imagination to create characters and the story.

From my view, it is an excellent idea to develop the reading, the creativity and the imagination in our students.

They try to read the most possible books to get a personalized certificate, because they are very competitive with their partners, therefore, we have to create habits to build up the motivation in the children.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR LIBRARY PROJECT?

Do you consider that is a good way to develop the reading?

What things can you improve it?