Does anyone....

Marsha · Post by **Marsha** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:59 pm

buy extra copies of the books so that each child will have a copy?

I am contemplating doing this so that they can take turns reading aloud and stay a bit more focused.

What do you do?
I have 3 doing Bigger, plus a 5 year old, 2 year old, and a 5 month old.

silly · Post by **silly** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:01 am

I think it would be nice if I had the means. Erik and Jake are on the same level, so I can see where that might help.

joyfulheart · Post by **joyfulheart** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:42 am

I would love having duplicates of thebooks if I were you.

Please dont hate me for suggesting this, but if you have a half price bookstore nearby, ours had the most of the books (emerging is what I needed) for $1.50 or so each. They're used, but all were in great condition. I just couldn't afford buying new, so this was a great solution for me.

Marsha · Post by **Marsha** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:45 am

A bookstore, used or new is 45minutes to half an hour away.
I live in a small town. All we have is Walmart.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

water2wine · Post by **water2wine** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:40 am

I don't. I can see where it would be nice. We are doing our extension read aloud but I have looked at it for next year. I have two very fast readers and I am thinking we can juggle it. If I do it though which it is possible I think I would only go with one extra copy and juggle between that rather than each having their own. I am going to try to make it work though with just one copy. I think we can do it just by having kids read at different times of the day. But I am a little concerned with my slower readers who I think will do the lower extension pack in preparing. So maybe some of the longer books I will duplicate. I am curious to see what others will say about this though because it is a very good question.

Post by **Carrie** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:35 pm

I think it really depends on how many students you are actually trying to juggle the books between (or among)!

I think 2 kiddos can juggle pretty well, as long as they aren't scheduled to read it at too similar of a time (so one isn't waiting on the other). I think once you get to 3 or more sharing, it would be necessary to have an extra copy.

Then, it also is a matter of what finances will permit, and also how long the book is used for. If it is a long book, it would be more worthwhile to have the extra copy, as it would be a longer juggling period otherwise. For shorter books it would be a short period of juggling.

Just my musings, which may not be helpful at all!

Blessings,
Carrie