[CALIBK12] book swap

[Yvonne Weinstein]

This looks like a good topic for a concurrent session at the annual
conference! Have you submitted a proposal for it yet?


On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:27:29 -0700, "pamanddoug" <pamanddoug at cox.net>
said:
> Dear Judy,
> 
> I hope that you receive this response in time to help you plan an
> end-of-the-year book swap.
> 
> We have had an annual book exchange at Chapman Hills Elementary for the
> past
> four or five years.  It is held in the library at lunchtime soon after
> winter break.  Books may be dropped off in the library each morning
> before
> school, giving me a chance to examine and sort the books.  A student is
> given a ticket (from a roll of carnival tickets) for each book that they
> turn in.  The books must be gently used and in good condition.  The event
> is
> looked forward to each year.  Parents love it, too.  Their children get
> rid
> of books that they aren¹t using and come home with books that they are
> interested in.  (The only problem tends to be that they turn in more
> books
> that are easy to read, books that they have outgrown...so I have to
> supplement the book exchange with other more mature books that I am given
> throughout the year.)  I publicize this even in the school newsletter
> that
> goes home, and I send out a printed form that students are supposed to
> turn
> in with their books, including the student¹s name, their teacher, and the
> number of books that they are turning in.  If I get overloaded in the
> morning, I send their tickets to their classroom in white sealed
> envelopes
> marked with the student names.
> 
> I don¹t encourage any parents to help their students select books.
> (Although this probably won¹t apply to more independent middle school
> pupils.)  It is a student-centered choice.  I have learned that a few
> parents would just love to drop by and help their child select books
> based
> on the $ value.  Only parents of kindergarten students may help their
> children select books.  This is also due to the fact that the K students
> don¹t have a lunch hour, as they are getting out of school early.  Thus,
> their parents come with them.
> 
> I give up my lunchtime during the week of the book exchange to run
> things.
> (I am found in the library at lunchtimes on most days anyway.)  
> Actually, I
> enjoy the event very much.
> 
> I do recommend the ticket format, because it seems more like ³shopping²
> to
> our elementary students.  If a student turns in a great number of books
> (50), I mark 10 tickets as ³first day² in black marking pen, and I leave
> the
> rest blank.  The reason for this is so that the one individual doesn¹t
> clean
> me out of all the ³good² books on the first day.  However, books continue
> to
> be turned in all week, so the selection changes daily. The ticket format
> helps to regulate fairness in the trading process  Sometimes children
> share
> their tickets with a friend, so the event gathers a good crowd and
> becomes a
> social activity.   A lot of students select the baby books for younger
> siblings and for cousins and friends, and they still manage to find some
> titles that they will personally enjoy.  Everyone seems pretty happy with
> this format.
> 
> Pam Carrie
> Chapman Hills Elementary
> Orange Unified School District
> 
> 
> On 3/18/09 9:20 AM, "Judy Egan" <judy.egan at oside.k12.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> > I am thinking of holding a book swap at the end of the school year in the
> > library.  The idea is for teachers and students to bring in any books they are
> > finished reading and would like to pass on to someone else.  My idea is to
> > have a section of adult reading as well as books appropriate for my
> > middle-schoolers. Does anyone have experience/pointers they are willing to
> > share?  Thanks.
> > 
> > Judy Egan
> > 
> > Library Media Technician
> > 
> > Cesar Chavez Middle School
> > 
> > 202 Oleander Dr.
> > 
> > Oceanside, CA 92057
> > 
> > 760-966-4900
> > 
> > "When in doubt, go to the library"
> > 
> > --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Yvonne Weinstein
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Matthew Gage Middle School
Riverside, CA
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