28. Build Your Classroom Library on a Budget: Informational Text Edition

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember all those incredible types of informational text we talked about last week? (ICYMI, definitely head back to episode 27!)</span> <strong>Today I’m spilling my secrets for bulking up your informational classroom library section on a budget. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in for 6 ways you can support student learning with more (and more authentic!) informational texts for free and almost-free!</span></p> <p><strong>You don’t want to miss:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2:15 - Dani’s question about how to set up a classroom library that doesn’t have a ton of books (yet!). </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">5:40 - managing borrowed books from the public library so they are ready for you to return without a late fee!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">8:21 - How to ask for free books from your neighborhood!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">10:10 - Budget-friendly ways to bulk up your library…not free, but definitely easy on your wallet and often have great sets of series or themed books!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">13:45 - My ABSOLUTE favorite spot for unique, budget-friendly nonfiction books that are ALWAYS a hit in my classroom, and most have been $7-$9!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">15:45 - Going beyond the books: quick, FREE ways to add more informational mentor texts to your classroom library, like</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIlD7DL8Cv/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">this dentist pamphlet!</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">19:00 - Even if the CONTENT isn’t specifically relevant (they’re not going on a road trip throu