We have new book baskets that we are loving. Everyone keeps at least 5 book in their basket as well as sticky notes, paper, and chart paper. We are learning to use lots of tools to help us keep track of our reading and our thinking. It's so cool to see everyone using the tools in their basket to sequence, write down important facts, draw pictures, write the author's purpose or anything else they feel is necessary.  Here are a few pictures.

This is what Jake made using tools from his book basket. Sticky notes with captions and illustrations of what he learned about dinosaurs.