I put some of my “these actually belonged to me but I will share them with you dear students” books into my classroom, too! And then they had to get REnamed to go into Bill’s classroom b/c, “Really?! You don’t have a copy of _____ in your classroom library? That won’t do!” I told myself, “Discard sentimentality. These books need readers *now* and it’s my job to make sure they don’t languish in a box somewhere for the kids I might or might not have who may or may not love them.” (ok, so I have ONE box that were just too dear!) : )
Jodi says:
I put some of my “these actually belonged to me but I will share them with you dear students” books into my classroom, too! And then they had to get REnamed to go into Bill’s classroom b/c, “Really?! You don’t have a copy of _____ in your classroom library? That won’t do!” I told myself, “Discard sentimentality. These books need readers *now* and it’s my job to make sure they don’t languish in a box somewhere for the kids I might or might not have who may or may not love them.” (ok, so I have ONE box that were just too dear!) : )