Book Spine Center

This center was inspired by an old bulletin board I had last year. Students made book spines, complete with title, author, and call number.

I decided to try  this activity out as a center and it's been working really well!  I use strips of paper with spine label stickers.  There are always tons of scraps in our teacher's room and I don't usually even have to cut any myself!  

Students can create a book spine for an actual book they enjoy or they can make up a title.  They write the call number on the spine label.  I've been laminating the book spines and we will alphabetize them and create a bookshelf on the wall.

This spine was made by a 4th grade teacher!  I love when the classroom teachers participate in activities.  It gets the kids that much more excited!