Monday, July 15, 2013

Monday Made It

Hi sweet, summer friends!

Well... those of you that know me know that I am not that crafty of a person, so this is my first time to join 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It!


Knowing that I would need a new system for my mentor texts with my new book shelves, Katie Byrd and I set out to come up with something new and cute. 

This is what we ended up with....


We started by getting donations of paint sticks from a couple of local stores and spray painting them black to match my shelves.


We picked up some cute cut-outs at the teacher store...


added some bright stickers....

and here is the final result...just what I was looking for. I know this is a really simple Monday-Made-It, but I am very happy with how they turned out. So easy!


...the view from the back


I have spent a lot of time this summer completely reorganizing almost all aspects of my library...it has been a lot more work than I bargained for, but I am loving how it is all coming together!


This is the larger library in the back of the room...now just to get all 129 baskets labeled...even more work...haha...maybe next week's Monday-Made-It!



Look at some of the sweet kiddos that have stopped by in the past week to help me label books with new basket numbers...


 




I have a picture book recommendation for you....



The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz puts a contemporary spin on this childhood classic, and I fell in love! Such rhyming fun! Dan Santat's lively illustrations add to the pace of this story, and although the kiddos will be doing a lot of predicting along the way...you can't help but root for these three little ninja piggies! I hope to have time to read this to my summer reading-hot-spot kiddos this week!

Well...guess with that I will say goodbye for now...

Happy Reading!

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9 comments:

  1. What a cute idea to manage your library! Thanks for sharing :)

    -Kelly
    slidinginto2ndgrade.blogspot.com

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  2. So cute and creative! I love the zebra and the letters.

    Jessica
    Wild & Fun in Pre-K

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  3. Did you have problems with the paint sticking to the books? I was afraid after a while the sticks might become tacky. Or did you use certain kind of paint? I've been wanting to make something similar for my library. http://mrsbrownthebookworm.blogspot.com/

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    1. Sara,

      So far...no tackiness...hopefully that will continue to be the case. I did not use any special paint, just Krylon black spray paint.

      Thanks for stopping by!

      Tina

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  4. The Three Ninja Pigs looks great! Your alphabetical bookshelf organization looks great, too! Just came across your blog today and am a new follower...

    Smiles,
    Sarah @ Hoots N Hollers

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    1. Thanks, Sarah!

      Your blog is gorgeous, and I am a new follower, too!

      Tina

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  5. Did you alphabetize by the author's last name?

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  6. Did you alphabetize by the author's last name?

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    1. Yes...our mentor texts are alphabetized by author's last name. So far it has worked well for us. :)

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