Monica Snellings
We have been sorting the thousands of books in Ms. Morrison's class — and categorizing them. We created a very DIY labeling and shelving system for the 15 levels of reading necessary for 5th grade at PS20. Because PS 20 has not had a budget for a librarian, teachers have their own libraries right in their individual classrooms.
We asked the kids to line up so we could understand the height range of kids who would be in room 220.
Our stalwart volunteers in room 220 gave up the last week of summer vacation to help us transform room 220 for the first day of school.
In getting ready for the first day of NYC public schools, we organized the thousands of books in the room Ms. Brady who says, "We always need more books." Some we don't need.
Ironic title from 1966 we tossed during our major overhaul of Ms. Brady's library in room 220.
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Note: The names in this article have been changed to protect the privacy of the students and teacher.
Monica Snellings
We started to transform room 220 which was a lot of hard work but also a lot of fun. And the payoff was the first day of school when Ms Morrison’s 5th grade flowed into the room, many of them helped give our plan focus when we held our workshop in May. This story is so easily told through a few contrasting photos.
Monica Snellings
We (actually Jorge and Hermes whom we hired) installed two large sound absorbent surfaces in room 220, including the gi-normous black bulletin board on the back wall. And the sound in the room has already calmed down substantially.
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