As an English teacher, I need to ensure I can surround my students with interesting, challenging books. Well, I don’t have many books so I need to get my library started. Her are a few suggestions from Gallagher, Daniels, and Grierson:
-Send home wish lists of books and literacy supplies to parents
-Ask if any parents want to donate old couches, beanbag chairs, lights, etc.
-Write grant requests and ask for matching funds thru schools foundation
-Gather old magazines and books
-Go find discounts at yard sales
-Book clubs: ask them to donate books to your class (sometimes they will send sets of books)
-Write to magazine publishers. Many will send you a class set for free! The Newspapers in the classroom program will do the same. http://www.fnpnie.com/
-Look at this link for free ebooks, even for mobile apps: http://drscavanaugh.org/ebooks/libraries/ebook_libraries.htm
-Many publishers will send you free books: http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_classroom_books
www.amazon.com used books (many are a dollar or less)
www.bookcloseouts.com
-Find out who has iPads or use your class computers. More and more books are available free for educational purposes.
If you want to create a reader, give her words to play with. :)
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