our classroom has shelves with several rows of books (library style) and a bookcase filled with books facing forward with their covers visible. the shelves hold miscellaneous books and the bookcase has books about topics we are currently studying. i had used several books and asked lexi to put them back in the bookcase and, instead, she put them on the shelves. i mentioned that we needed to come up with a way to distinguish between the two to avoid confusion, like calling one the shelves and the other the bookcase. i asked the class for ideas about what to call the two and ashley had the perfect solution. "let's call the bookcase arnold!" so now we have the shelves and we have arnold. i always giggle when i overhear variations of the following conversation:
"oooh, that book looks good. is it yours?"
"no, it's miss a's."
"oh, where was it?"
"it was in arnold."
