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My 7th grade students' have a wide range of abilities and interests in middle school, as well they should! I serve a low-income and high ESL population who like to read all sorts of stuff. Our school library does a great job trying to cater to those needs, but the problem is that if a student loses a book and can't pay for it, they are no longer able to check out any book from any library in the district. This means that some of my students lost a book in 1st or 2nd grade and haven't been able to check out a book since! My hope is that my classroom library will serve those who are not allowed to check out from the school library because they can't afford to replace a lost book; sometimes, that fine is years old, which means I have some students who haven't checked out a book for personal enjoyment for years. I have tried to make my book list diverse and age-appropriate including titles across genres, formats, and interests. In the spirit of full disclosure, I do have a "classroom library" already (it's that tiny, piddly shelf in the right bookcase in my picture), but it is ancient and crumbling and uninteresting to the majority of my students. I am hoping that fresh, new, modern books will help reel in those reluctant readers who need access to something they want to read.
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