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    Back to School | Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space | What Worked

    Organizing & Teaching Library Class on a Cart

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 26, 2020December 15, 2023

    Teaching “on a cart” means that all of your teaching supplies, materials, and tech are on a rolling cart, such as an AV cart or…

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    Back to School | Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space

    Days 3, 4, and 5 of Library Set-up in 5 Days

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 25, 2019September 19, 2025

    Welcome back to the 5-Day Library Set-up Challenge! I gave myself a challenge to prepare, set-up, and decorate my elementary school library in just 5…

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    Day 2 of Library Set-up in Just 5 Days

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 21, 2019October 22, 2024

    Welcome back to the 5-Day Library Set-up Challenge! I set a goal to prepare and decorate my elementary school library in just 5 days by…

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    Library Set-up in Just 5 Days: Day One

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 19, 2019September 19, 2025

    I set a goal for myself this back-to-school season to prep and set up my school library in just 3 days. This is my 12th…

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    Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space | What Worked

    What Worked Wednesday: Grade-Level Lesson Bins

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 18, 2018February 26, 2023

    Summer is a time for relaxing, recharging, and spending time with my family.  The back-to-school season is just around the corner, though, and I’m already…

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    Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space | What Worked

    Worth Every Penny: Sound Investments for Your School Library (and Your Sanity!)

    ByCollette Jakubowicz October 15, 2015October 22, 2024

    In the 8 years that I’ve worked at my current school library, I’ve made some very intentional purchases to make the library and my teaching…

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    Keeping Books Visible on Library Shelves

    ByCollette Jakubowicz February 11, 2015October 22, 2024

    I’m starting a new series based on several of the “ideas that worked” that I’ve previously blogged about, such as Cheap and Easy Library Decorations,…

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    Be Brave | Library Management | Library Space | Makerspace

    Makerspaces Without a Space: Circulating Maker Kits for the School Library

    ByCollette Jakubowicz December 21, 2014December 20, 2023

    This fall in our school library, I tried something new: I created some circulating maker kits for students in 2nd through 5th grades to check…

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