Students are expected to have an independent reading book with them at all times in my classroom.
Students are expected to either leave their Interactive Notebooks (200 page composition book) in class in the designated notebook area or they are expected to keep their notebooks on them (in their binders).
There is a classroom library (books I have personally bought for the classroom). Students are welcome to borrow 1 book at a time, so long as they sign it out. If they do not sign the books out, they will not be welcome to borrow from the classroom library again. Students are encouraged to checkout books from the school library or my classroom library, but not to borrow books from both at the same time. Students will be fined for classroom library books that they do not return.