In over my head...

Hey fellow cohort A members!

I hope you all are having a great start to your school year! At one point during the day, I found myself actually wishing that I was back in student teaching, so that I wouldn't have to be the one in charge for a few minutes! It didn't last long, and overall I am sooo happy to have my own classroom. I have found myself missing the resources and supplies (especially manipulatives) that we had in our mentors classrooms, however. I have a great class of first graders! Some really bright ones, and three that are giving me a run for my money! I was wondering if you guys had suggestions on a few things:
1- I have a very very very small classroom library. All the other teachers are doing book bags that they send home with the kids every night. I don't have books to send home...any suggestions?
2- I have two distruptive off task students that I am working with, but another one who is not disruptive, and a really sweet kid, but is off task 90% of the time. I am forced to deal with the disruptive ones, but I am having a hard time with this kid, because it is easy to forget and let him be off task because he is not bothering anyone else. HELP!
3- Also, our team of first grade teachers are doing centers. If you have any math center or writing/ABC/reading center ideas and would be willing to share them let me know!

I hope that your classrooms are going well. I would love to hear about them!

Marybeth