![]() ![]() We’ve compiled this list of must-read chapter books for third graders to engage your established readers or encourage those looking to get lost in a good book for the first time. With higher reading levels comes more opportunity for complex, entertaining stories that will captivate your students. In addition to ditching the levels, I also took organization to the next level.īecause there weren’t leveled baskets, I knew I needed to help my students know where to put books back.Įach book basket gets a topic label, like “Dragon Masters” or “Iris and Walter” AND a coordinating number.įor books that don’t have a specific category or for those that I don’t have enough of the series, they just go in either a picture book basket, or chapter book basket, as seen above.īooks then get a sticker with their book basket’s number.As third graders develop more advanced reading skills, they unlock a whole new world of chapter books. Year 9 was the year when I completely ditched a leveled classroom library, and went completely to themes/genres/topics/authors/series - honestly, I’m sad I didn’t do it sooner. Year 9, however, was the year everything changed. Sure, the baskets got a little messy at times, but it wasn’t a huge deal. Fourth grade had guided reading levels J – V.Second grade had guided reading levels E – S.First grade had guided reading levels A – M.Levels I included (just based on my experience): However, if you only have two shark books, I personally wouldn’t waste the space for sharks to have it’s own special place.įor the first 8 years of my teaching career, I labeled just the book baskets, and books that were sorted by level, and quite frankly, everything was fine.For example, if you have lots of shark books, you might want a container specifically for sharks.Informational book topics and/or themes depend on the books you have in your classroom library.Fiction books tend to sort themselves, especially if you’re going by series and/or levels. ![]() But after that, it’s a big sorting party. Obviously, you have to decide how to sort your books first.I’ve used that same idea for organizing a classroom library ever since. It was small, it was simple, but it worked. I finally felt comfortable with my classroom library somewhere during my third year teaching. I wasn’t able to direct them toward books they might enjoy, or books to help them grow as a reader. My students couldn’t find anything, and neither could I. ![]() In fact, that’s what I was trying to do my very first year teaching, but it was actually a random, hot mess. I personally didn’t like having my books leveled by AR level.
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