At my grades 3 - 5 school, we tape a paper date due slip onto the inside back cover of each book when we purchase it (you could start this by taping one in each book when a student checks it out).  At the beginning of the year, during our library student orientation lesson, we teach our new/incoming students the check out process.  During that time, we teach them how to stamp the due date onto that slip after we check them out.  We have 3 stamping setups on our circulation counter, each with a stamp pad and date stamp so that multiple students can stamp simultaneously to save time.  Students really enjoy stamping their books, and the slip is a visual reminder for them of the due date.  As a bonus, having the date due slip in each book also makes weeding easier, as we can quickly look to see the last time that book was checked out.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:34 PM Aimee Guerrero <guerrero.obrien@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Michelle,

At my old school, all the books had "pockets" at the back. I created my own "date due slips" that would fit in these book pockets. My older student volunteers loved to have the job of stamping new due date slips each day. They would cross out the old due date and stamp the new one for all the classes for that day.

I'm at a new school whose books do not have these pockets, and I also could use a suggestion for a new system. Right now I have a book checkout calendar on my door and I also put an announcement about the next book check out dates in the principal's weekly bulletin for teachers to remind their students.

Thanks for putting this question out there!

Best regards,

Aimee 

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:42 AM Michelle Farella <michelle.farella@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

My kids are having a hard time remembering to bring in their books lately so I wanted to go over strategies to remind them.

What are your suggestions that seem to help them?

Thank you!

-Michelle

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