Book Box Solution

Do you use book boxes to hold the books students are currently reading?  When I first decided I wanted to use book boxes, I found some nice plastic ones at Target for $3 each.  My idea was that I could use them for a few years.  It added up to get 30 of them!

Here is a MUCH cheaper solution!  I took a trip to IKEA, and found these cardboard boxes.  They came 5 to a set, for $2.  Let me just lay that out for you...

30 plastic book bins x $3 each = $90

30 cardboard book bins (6 sets) x $2 per set = $12

Yeah, I think I made a better choice.  :)  If you don't live near an IKEA, don't fear!  You can buy them online here!

They were super easy to put together!  Literally, about 15 seconds assembly for each box.

During the first week of school, I am going to have my students decorate them.  Then, at the end of the year, they can take them home!

Do you use book boxes?  Where do you get yours? Do you use them with Daily 5?  I am excited to try Daily 5 this year!

Until next time,

-Miss Woodward

The Bright Side of a Rough Morning

Happy Friday!

I had a rough morning... I came to school to find that all of our beautiful scraps of painted paper had been thrown away.  I was so incredibly sad, because we had worked so hard to paint the papers and save all the scraps.

I spent most of the morning painting new papers for the kids to use.  I love doing it, because it allows me to let out my creative side, which I rarely get to do anymore.  They were engrossed in watching me paint.

The aftermath of re-creating papers.

The bright side was that it was Pajama Day for Spirit Week today, and the kids looked super adorable in their jammies.

And, during silent reading time, I overheard two students reading the same book together.  It made me so happy to hear them taking turns reading (especially since it was something I never taught them).  It validated why I buy more than one copy of books.  

Where did you find the silver lining today?

Until next time,

-Miss Woodward