How Does Daily 5 work in 3ES
We are hoppin'.......about Daily Five. We LOVE Daily Five time! If your child comes home and talks about it, I am so thrilled! Daily Five is our literacy block in our classroom. It is not a program, but a management system that allows students to work on authentic reading practice while I meet with small groups and individual students. In the beginning of the year, we will spend a great deal of time learning what daily 5 behaviour looks like and sounds like. This explicit teaching of behavior allows Daily Five time to run smoothly, as all students know exactly what to do, so that I can focus my attention on very individualized reading instruction.
During Daily Five time, students will participate in a 2-3-teacher led mini-lessons on reading strategies, phonics, and grammar. Students also will participate in self-selected literacy activities. Your child will come to love and crave this time each day to become a fantastic reader and writer!
These are the literacy choices that will be included in our self-selected time.
Read to self
Students each have a bag full of"just right fit" books that they read from during read to self.
Read to someone
Students can practice developing their fluency by reading to someone.
Work on writing
Students work on original stories, lists, poems, letters, etc... during work on writing. The writing area is stocked with idea starters,
decorative papers, pens, markers, and spelling aides.
Work on words
Students practice weekly forever words and vocabulary words through hands-on activities like Wikki Sticks, using magnets and stamps to make words,
dot makers, and letter cutouts. They can also practice making word with a variety of apps on digital devices.
Listen to reading
Students use computers, iPods, iPads and other electronic devices to listen to recorded books.
Daily Five Schedule
10 minutes Whole group
Word work or vocabulary mini-lesson:
This will focus on whatever skill or strategy we are working on for the week.
Many of the skills and strategies will come from our reading series.
20 minutes
Small group
Reading groups, strategy groups, individual reading conferences: Students are engaged in the independent literacy choices
listed above while I meet with small groups and individual students. I will work with flexible strategy groups and individual students on reading strategies.
10 minutes Whole group
Reading mini-lesson: This will focus on specific comprehension strategies which I will select based on students' needs, and the list on our CAFE
menu. I will explicitly model comprehension skills through read-alouds. Students will also have opportunities to practice using the skills.
20 minutes Small group
Reading groups, strategy groups, individual reading conferences
10 minutes Whole group
Group sharing: Ideally, we share for 10 minutes at the end of Daily Five time. Students are able to share how they used different strategies today in their reading. They may also share what they wrote about, read, listened to, or completed during word work.
Don't try and implement this on your own! Please read the Daily Five book by The Sisters!
During Daily Five time, students will participate in a 2-3-teacher led mini-lessons on reading strategies, phonics, and grammar. Students also will participate in self-selected literacy activities. Your child will come to love and crave this time each day to become a fantastic reader and writer!
These are the literacy choices that will be included in our self-selected time.
Read to self
Students each have a bag full of"just right fit" books that they read from during read to self.
Read to someone
Students can practice developing their fluency by reading to someone.
Work on writing
Students work on original stories, lists, poems, letters, etc... during work on writing. The writing area is stocked with idea starters,
decorative papers, pens, markers, and spelling aides.
Work on words
Students practice weekly forever words and vocabulary words through hands-on activities like Wikki Sticks, using magnets and stamps to make words,
dot makers, and letter cutouts. They can also practice making word with a variety of apps on digital devices.
Listen to reading
Students use computers, iPods, iPads and other electronic devices to listen to recorded books.
Daily Five Schedule
10 minutes Whole group
Word work or vocabulary mini-lesson:
This will focus on whatever skill or strategy we are working on for the week.
Many of the skills and strategies will come from our reading series.
20 minutes
Small group
Reading groups, strategy groups, individual reading conferences: Students are engaged in the independent literacy choices
listed above while I meet with small groups and individual students. I will work with flexible strategy groups and individual students on reading strategies.
10 minutes Whole group
Reading mini-lesson: This will focus on specific comprehension strategies which I will select based on students' needs, and the list on our CAFE
menu. I will explicitly model comprehension skills through read-alouds. Students will also have opportunities to practice using the skills.
20 minutes Small group
Reading groups, strategy groups, individual reading conferences
10 minutes Whole group
Group sharing: Ideally, we share for 10 minutes at the end of Daily Five time. Students are able to share how they used different strategies today in their reading. They may also share what they wrote about, read, listened to, or completed during word work.
Don't try and implement this on your own! Please read the Daily Five book by The Sisters!
