Freebie Book Labels for Your Library

Hello darlings!  If you follow me on facebook or instagram, you know this was coming!  I finally finished relabeling all of my book bins for a fresh new look!  I wanted to make them available for you for FREE so unfortunately, what you see is what you get.  I can't make them editable for you in the PDF file with melonheadz graphics as it goes against her copyright.  I hope you are able to use them though.  I have labels for Fountas and Pinnell levels F-S and many series books that you would find in a second-fourth grade classroom.

To print:
You can control the size by choosing multiple page printing or booklet printing. As you can see, I printed 6 to a page.

To get the free book bin labels, click here.  I would love for you to pin it and give me feedback!

I did not laminate the laebls once I cut them out.  That eliminated an unnecessary step.  Instead, I used clear packing tape on a tape roller and taped over the entire label.  You will notice I have a lot of different book bins that I have collected over the years.  Bins are expensive!  I bought most of them at Wal-mart.  I have found the white plastic tubs to be very sturdy and they have lasted me 10 years already!

Most of the chapter books are stored in plastic shoe boxes and I also have a few from the Dollar Store.

I made sure to put my chapter books in order by levels.  This makes it easier for the kiddos to find Just-Right books and it keeps them from having to search all over the book cases.

My dad and I created the books shelves last year.  I LOVE them because they are on wheels and close together.  I can lock them and then the custodians can simply wheel them out the door at the end of the year so they can wax the floors.  It was soooooo nice to come in this year and just open the book cases.  I didn't have to reorganize my library or unpack books.  That has ALWAYS been the longest job for me when setting up the classroom and packing up each year.

Happy Back to school!

Classroom Library & Beach Bum Throwback Sale

Hey pals! Amy and I just got back last night from our wonderful R&R trip to Florida. Like Amy had said, it was a much needed trip for me as well. We definitely enjoyed every minute of being on the beach (laying out, seeing dolphins, walks on the beach, watching the fish and birds, etc.)! I miss the view already! We took so many pictures! These are just two that I took.



Amy & I on the beach before sunset

The view from the doors leading out to the pool/beach area

Since this happens to be my first blog post, I thought I would introduce myself a little bit. I am married to my wonderful husband, Philip. We have been married for almost 2 years (September 10, 2011). We currently don’t have any kids. Philip and I love to travel. As a matter of fact, we just got back from a wonderful week long Paris, France trip on July 22^nd (3 days prior to going to Florida with Amy). Besides spending time with him, I love being with my family and friends. I am currently getting my Masters in Educational Technology from Mizzou. So I am always busy! Oh….and in September…I am going to be an aunt to Calliope Ann!! I am SUPER excited about that!

Hubby & I in Paris (July 2013)



Hubby & I in Nashville (January 2013)

Ok…enough about me! So unfortunately this summer is coming to an end for Amy and me. We can get into our classrooms on Friday. Sigh! I wanted to share my classroom library set-up that I started last year. It was a huge success for me and my students. I don’t know about you but I have had some difficulty getting my kiddos to put books back in the correct bin (no matter how much I review and teach how to return books). I used Jessica Winston’s book bin labels to put on the front of my book bins. I used the ones from the previous year but these are her labels (Click on the picture to also go to Jessica’s Blog).

I also printed off numbers (1-30) onto Avery address labels (put several numbers on one label) and gave each bin a number, which I also put numbers on the books that belong within the bins. This helped my kiddos know which bins each book belonged to when they would return books. It helped my library stay SO organized! 

I laminated the labels onto construction paper to make them sturdy and add some color. Then either I hole punched them and used ribbon to tie them onto my book bins (if the book bins had holes on the sides) or put them into a sticky label holder (for the bins that didn’t have holes). I got the label holders from Wal-Mart in the Home section. After putting the labels on and the books in the bins, I put them on the shelves.

This is what my classroom library looked like last year.

 

I got my book bins and student book boxes (along the top of my shelves) from Really Good Stuff. Some of the bins came from Wal-Mart as well.

How do you set up your classroom library?So I must tell you that I never got a chance before we left for Florida to “Throw a Sale” in my TpT Store. Therefore, you can get 20% off of everything within my store from today till Friday! Enjoy! I would love for any new followers on TpT!

I am SO excited to finally be blogging! Have a splendid day!