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I believe that the classroom library is the most important differential tool in a classroom. The more contact children have with books, the better readers they become. The more children read, they can develop higher vocabulary, a skill set to read fluently with deep comprehension, and most importantly a knowledge of the world. Recent studies have shown that the more contact children have with books, the better readers they become. Teachers can promote reading performance to children by reading to them daily, and by having children interact with books from classroom libraries. These books that I have selected will provide my students with books at their reading levels, as well as books that they are interested in reading. Giving children the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of genres and topics helps develop their joy of reading which can only be derived from reading various books. This summer I spent my time going to libraries, garage sales, and my teacher friends classrooms to build my classroom library. In the beginning of August, I had zero books in my class. I have purchased and collected about 150 books total so far of individual titles. Fountas and Pinnell recommend a collection of about 300-600 books in a classroom library. Additionally, I am creating a brand new reading program from scratch for my class. We need whole class sets of titles to do whole class read alouds and small group book clubs. I have had to copy pages out of a chapter book that I am currently reading aloud to my class. Some children are visual learners and need to follow along with a book in their hand as I read aloud. This project is just the beginning of creating a road to reading achievement in my classroom.
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