Journey to the New School Library Model

This is my blog within my library blog charting the steps we are taking at Parmley Elementary to flip this lovely library into a technology-rich instructional and learning resource. I am privileged to have the opportunity to change what was done the old way in the library to a new way that I am sure will work. I want my library to be Child-Centered, Current, and Cutting-Edge.

The steps I will take to accomplish this will be:

The K-3 library books are currently arranged in Accelerated Reader Level order. I will move the bulk of the books back to traditional Dewey order, with special sections for K and 1 AR level books, series books, Reference, and biographies. I plan to make these sections "Book-Store Style", with plans for expansion as we go on.

A major weeding job is in order. We are overrun with paperbacks that are "well-loved"! We have multiple copies of former best-sellers and duplicates galore.

I am so very fortunate to have a PTO president and an administrator who are instructors at Sam Houston State. We had thirty SHSU students come to the Parmley Library, and also our Literacy Lab, to clean, discard, and reorganize. It was their Legacy Project, to do something to leave a lasting improvement for a school. They certainly did that! It was an exciting day!

Moving the books!

Future teachers here!

These amazing Education Methods students at Sam Houston State University helped us with our Library ReOrg!

Nearpod Is Great!

Mrs. Schultz's fifth grade science class used Nearpod to review Saltwater Ecosystems. They used their personal devices and the classroom Nexus tablets to participate in interactive quizzes, videos, polls, and web searches. Nearpod works across all platforms and devices and is ideal for classroom and BYOD use.

We love Nearpod at Parmley!