While school libraries have to cater to large populations with varying needs, a classroom library can and should be tailor-made to support its specific students and curriculum. A well-designed classroom library will: Build for All Types of Reading and All Kinds of Readers
Align with the Curriculum to give students an opportunity to build deeper knowledge through a wide range of text types on the topics being taught that year.
Level Up and Down two to three grades in each direction to support all readers through more accessible and more challenging texts.
Reflect Your Students to make reading more relevant, relatable, and meaningful.
Be Codesigned to ensure books are read and read a lot. Asking students what they want to read builds both trust and reading buy-in.
Be Robust by offering multiple genres, text types, formats, and entry points.
2 scholastic.com/classroomlibraries
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