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Hi y'all. Currently I am in the process of reading the 2nd edition of Daily Five. I have found that implementing Daily Five framework to be very successful in both my kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Let me admit this, I don't do everything that the two sisters recommend. I make changes and adapt in order to make it fit for my classroom. For the past 3 years, I never gave students the opportunity to make their own choices about where to go for literacy. I, the teacher, would make the choice for students. However, at the end of last school year, I gave students the opportunity to make choices. The students were much more engaged during literacy because they got to choose where to go. I did however told my students that they needed to do iRead, a scholastic computer based program, everyday. I did have some sense of control :) When I allowed my students to make structure choices, I seen a lot of positive changes in my literacy block. I think for next school year (in a month or so), I will begin by telling students where to go for the first month and then move to student choices. I am crossing my fingers that it goes well. To make the transition from teacher to student choice, I have made several things to help hold students accountable. I made a literacy rotation check off sheet for every student. To download a free copy of this checklist, click here. I am going to laminate these so students can reuse them every week. Here are some questions people have asked me about my literacy block: What is your literacy block schedule? 8:45-9:00 Reader's Workshop Mini-Lesson 9:00-9:20 Rotation # 1 9:20-9:40 Rotation # 2 9:40-10:00 Rotation # 3 10:00-10:05 Closure/Share How do you hold students accountable? At the end of each rotation, students will mark their checklist. Also, all of students "work" will be placed behind the checklist on their clipboard. How often do you pull small groups? I pull small groups during every rotation. I see my lowest readers every day and highest readers 1-2 times a week. Because I was blessed with a student teacher last school year, we were able to see all the groups everyday. How do you launch your literacy block? Hmm....I try to take away the memories of the first month of school. Kidding! We start off with read to self (suggested by the two sisters). Then as soon as students build their stamina, I launch the next choice. Remember, it is important to MODEL MODEL MODEL and step aside. I do not pull small groups until I know my students can be INDEPENDENTLY during literacy. To help build stamina, I have a poster size read to self stamina chart that I use to keep track. It is 18x24 so it is HUGE! I am all about making things electronically. All I do is going to staples.com, print services, and upload this bad boy. You can print this at staples for only $1.79 by clicking on engineering prints! It is VERY affordable. Here is the link: http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/copyandprint/engineering-prints.html If you would like a copy of this to print, click here. In order to use this, you will need to print on 18x24 size paper though. Where do you get your mini-lesson from? To be honest with you, EVERYWHERE. We did not have a require literacy program so I used a combination of CAFE, Teacher's College Reader's Workshop Curricular Calendar, and Common Core State Standards. We started off the year teaching students about CAFE strategies. I really like starting off with this because students had the opportunity to learn about reading various reading strategies. Then after all the strategies were taught, students will set reading goals and pick 1-2 strategies to work on. I created these reading strategies cards for my classroom. To purchase the kindergarten CAFE strategies cards, click here. To purchase the first grade CAFE strategies cards, click here. Please let me know if you have any further questions! Happy Sunday!
Use this color-coded schedule to help your five groups navigate through Daily 5 Rotations. The "meet with teacher" time is built in to facilitate guided reading.
Take a look at how I set up my class and organize my stations for a successful start to Daily 5 in kindergarten.
They are doing it! My kids are actually doing daily five and really enjoying it. My grade level partners and I tried this a few years back, but honestly we
These Daily Five posters use the word RIGHT as a way to help kids remember all the components for each activity. The Daily Five is a great way to promote literacy independence. The posters are meant to be used as an aid to keep little ones on task. There are 9 posters (8.5 X 11) one each for: Read to Self Read to Someone Work with Words Listen to Reading Work on Writing Work with the Teacher Sit EEKK style I Pick Hope they can help you with the Daily 5 in your class. The Daily 5 and Café are trademark and copy written content of Educational Design, LLC, dba The 2 Sisters. Educational Design LLC, dba The 2 Sisters does not authorize or endorse these materials.
These are posters for the daily five plus working with the teacher and computers. They could be used as a simple handout to introduce parents to the daily five, too.
Ever since I started Daily 5 in my classroom, it has run smoother, my kids are reading more, and I am able to teach more. I have begun to search for some organizational products for me and my students. I have been looking for something exactly like these cards. They are compact enough to be kept at their desks. It's going to be so much easier for students to keep track and for me. With just a glance I can see what they have done...and what they may need to be pushed to do. I have no idea who created these. I found them on Pinterest. There are also wonderful instructions on how to introduce each part of Daily 5. I am definitely using these next year! I apologize for not knowing who created these. If you know, would you let me know, so I can give credit. Here's another example of how to keep them really reading, thinking, and writing. This was created by The Fighting Texan. If you want the whole kit and caboodle, head on over here. Holy Cow! This has everything you need! AND IT'S FREE!!! The last thing I'm going to share today is a Daily 5 Rubric Who Knew??? I just love these ideas! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Have a wonderful day!
Is anyone in need of some Daily 5 station cards, posters, and anchor charts? Just send me an email! [email protected]
This is an adorable Daily 5 "mini" set. Perfect for small wall spaces. I hope you find this resource useful! 9/23/13: As requested...updated with addition of "Work with Teacher" and "Work on Computer" :) Disclaimer: The Daily 5 and CAFÉ are trademark and copy written content of Educational Design, LLC dba The 2 Sisters. Educational Design, LLC dba The 2 Sisters does not authorize or endorse these materials.
These Daily Five posters use the word RIGHT as a way to help kids remember all the components for each activity. The Daily Five is a great way to promote literacy independence. The posters are meant to be used as an aid to keep little ones on task. There are 9 posters (8.5 X 11) one each for: Read to Self Read to Someone Work with Words Listen to Reading Work on Writing Work with the Teacher Sit EEKK style I Pick Hope they can help you with the Daily 5 in your class. The Daily 5 and Café are trademark and copy written content of Educational Design, LLC, dba The 2 Sisters. Educational Design LLC, dba The 2 Sisters does not authorize or endorse these materials.
Hi! Hope that your summer is great! I love being a teacher, but I think part of the reason I love it so much is because we get those 2 summe...
My students are loving the choice that comes with using the Daily 5 framework, and I am loving how I'm not lecturing constantly, or grading worksheets all night. I love that they are doing real work, real reading, and I'm coaching them as they need it, on the specific skills they need. I just love our D5 time...even with our scripted program being included! It's truly a framework that you can adjust to fit your mandates, and your teaching style. I have these on my board and the students refer to them throughout our D5 time. My copy has our Georgia Performance Standard that relates to each time. I am including a freebie link to both sets, the 3rd grade GPS, and the posters with no standards. Please let me know if you use them. :) This version has the 3rd grade GPS No standard on this copy
Hey there friends! I am seeing A LOT of back to school posts for this upcoming week so I’ll stay hush when saying that I don’t go back until the 24th! I’m excited but still in denial mode for sure! 😉 Alright, today I would like to answer a question that I get a lot […]
Here's how to create a literacy block schedule for Kindergarten in a half-day or full-day program!
iPad Apps During The Daily Five there are many apps that can be used for working with words. Below you will find a variety of apps that you may want to try out in your classroom. There are some app for lower elementary and some for upper elementary as well. The fourth grade team at HC was kind enough to help me out with apps for the older grades as well as some of the sites and other information on this blog. :) Many of these apps can also be used with multiple ages and the difficulty can be adjusted. You can also click here for a list of my favorite 1st grade apps for all subject areas. - I tried to put the lower ele. towards the top and upper ele. towards the bottom. Tips: Take the time to teach each app to the kids. Use a VGA adapter to project your iPad (2nd gen. or higher). - For the mini or iPad 4 use this link for the lightning connector. Apple VGA Adapter iPad 2 & 3- $29 Word Magic - $0.99 Build a Word - Free Word Wall HD - $1.99 Word Bingo - $0.99 Word Cub - $1.99 Alphabet Car - Free Cimo Spelling Sight Words - Free (or $2.99) Cimo Can Spell (Sound Out) - Free (or $2.99) Louie's Letter - Free Montessori Crosswords - $2.99 Read on Sight - Free Monkey Word - $1.99 Magnetic Alphabet - $1.99 Spellboard - $4.99 Rocket Speller - Free Sock Puppets - Free Little Speller - Free Sparkle Fish - Free PBS Kids - Free Spelling City - Free Chicktionary - Free Shake a Phrase - $1.99 Story Lines - Free Opposite Ocean (Antonyms)- $.99 Grammar Fun - Free Story Wheel - $ 2.99 Puppet Pals - Free Toontastic - Free Madlibs - Free Flash Cards lite - Free Word Wit Word Ball $1.99 Hangman Whirly Word - Free Words With Friends - $2.99 or Free Word Latter Site Speller Word Wonderland - Free Grammar Wonderland Elementary- Free Grammar Wonderland Primary - Free ScootPad- Free App Organization Keeping the apps you would like your kids to use organized can be a challenge. Here are some ideas for how you can organize and manage your apps. - Create 2-3 pages your kids can use during Daily Five time. I have one page for reading, math, and writing. They can't use apps that are not on those 3 pages. - Move the app(s) that you would like your students to use to the bottom task bar. - Create a couple folders with the apps that the kids may use. Put these folders on one page so they are easy to find. Additional Ideas Use an overhead projector. Believe it of not my kiddos LOVE using the overhead projector during word work. I project it onto the small whiteboard in my room and the kids use overhead tiles or letters to build words. They can then trace the words with markers or write the words into their journal.
There are six principles essential to implementing Daily 5... TRUST. This principle develops as mutual respect between student and teacher is formed. The start of my school year begins with district anchor lessons and goals of building positive behaviors in reading and writing. Through these lessons, my students will gradually sustain more control of their learning. With each lesson introduced, students will activate their schema and rely upon their previous learning experiences to have confidence in their newly acquired skill. I've worked to incorporate balance in my district anchor lessons and Daily 5... CHOICE. The only choice I've provided students would be literacy tubs adapted from reading Debbie Diller's Literacy Stations. Each tub has a variety of scaffold activities for student to choose from. This is called a controlled choice. Students are still assigned a station to attend and rotate throughout the week. I love the idea of choice as presented in Daily 5. I'm still working on putting all the pieces together but found a few wonderful ideas through pinterest and wanted to share... The idea pictured below can be used with the Captain Kid posters. I can start the year with controlled choice and slowly release control as routines are established and trust is mutual. Response to Intervention Website The next picture is linked to the how-to post. You can learn how the poster was created and how the poster is used. I love this concept because it incorporates meeting with the teacher. She has offered her icons as a free download. =D Fabulous Flamingos in Second Grade The next picture is my favorite. I love using the smartboard as an option for students making a choice about their learning. Once independence has been established and trust is mutual, I can see opening up this decision with 'big kid' technology. The only problem presented would be the use of the board as an option for word work. Tales from a K-1 Classroom Just as I was going to publish this post, I found a wonderful files free for you! Mrs. Meacham provides lots of freebies, pictures, and a smartboard file (pictured below) on her website. Yay! Choice begins with students understanding their plan for the day with five important questions. What are my goals in reading and writing? Whom will I work with? What will I accomplish? What was I working on yesterday that I want to continue? Purpose + Choice = Motivation COMMUNITY. The concept of building community is not foreign to me. I'm big on creating a sense of "family" and work to understand my students in and out of school. One of my favorite books to help build character and routines at the start of the year is Seven Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey. We learn through our reading that accountability and synergy is key for success! SENSE OF URGENCY. Humans are ingrained to ask why? I was speaking to my colleague who says her two year old ask why so many times that she runs out of answers. Getting results from students comes when we create a sense of urgency in learning by explaining why we do things. When students understand the reason behind the task then they become motivated and won't let anything get in the way of their success. STAMINA. I love the analogy that stamina needed for the Daily Five is much like the stamina needed for physical exercise. Understanding students fatigue in reading is similar to that of a person working out for the first time. I've worked on student accountability and stamina for the past few year. The kids maintain their own data notebooks. SO I'm eager to incorporate class stamina charts or personal stamina charts this year. Ms. Fiorini's Stadium: All Star Ideas Teaching with Style STAY OUT OF MY WAY. Oh.my.goodness. I never thought about my interruptions throughout their independent practice. While building stamina, I would circulate the classroom checking the progress, encouraging through praise, and giving reinforcement for on-task behaviors. I interfered with their personal growth as the children looked for my acknowledgement to sustain reading. It's no wonder I had a wonderful class but challenges with subs. This chapter was enlightening! I see many areas of focus for the 2012-2013 school year. I'm eager to reinforce these positive behaviors in Kindergarten and grow with the kids as we loop back to second together. So my question for you... How would you incorporate the questions highlighted in pink above with Kindergarteners? Don't forget to link up your Daily 5 Chapter 2 post. I'm eager to read your reflections! You are welcome to link if you responded to other parties about Daily 5 Chapter 2. Please take the time to link the post and not your blog.
If you’ve read my blog before, you probably know that I use a Daily 5 structure to organize our reading time. I love the freedom, choice, and time spent reading/writing it offers my students. One of the most common questions/comments is “My students can’t handle choice. I’m doing Daily 5 just without the choice. My...
Here are the cards for the Daily 5 Pocket Chart system I am using for the children to track their choices for Daily 5 during the day. It is working out wonderfully! There is a picture on an earlier post of the pocket chart. Click here for Read to Someone! Click here for Word Work! Click Here for Work on Writing! Click here for Read to Self! Click here for Listen to Reading!
Hi there again and thank so much for dropping in to see my latest virtual presentation: All About Daily Five in Kindergarten! If you haven’t listened to my guided reading virtual presentation you can click HERE to view that! Also, this presentation is how I’ve made Daily Five work the best in MY classroom…this is by no means […]
Last year I tried a new "less stress" approach to morning work near the end of the school year. As I was only able to do three Daily Five rotations during the day, I wanted to give the kids extra time to practice some of their Daily Five literacy behaviors. I began a Daily Five morning work rotation with my students, allowing them to spend time in a "free" Daily 5. I didn't expect them to complete assignments or tasks during their free Daily. Since the children come in at different times during our arrival period, I wanted to take away any pressure or expectation to complete work, and allow them to simply enjoy a pleasant literacy warm-up to begin their day. IT WAS WONDERFUL! The students were able to revisit familiar tasks and books while enjoying working in a literacy center with friends. The room had a pleasant hum each morning and kids began to really learn how to spend time "relaxing in literacy." I decided to forgo the stressful morning work journals this year and begin my day with Daily 5 rotations again. Each table is assigned a different station every day. I just rotate my magnets every morning. The kids anticipate their station for the next day and come into the classroom ready to learn! Feel free to download my Morning Daily 5 rotation management system. There are 12 different station cards so you can add variety to your tasks each week. I laminated mine and added magnets to the back. Easy and fun! No more morning journals to check! The kids are engaged, on task, and best of all, ENJOYING their learning!
It's December and the 71st day of first grade. AGAIN, where did the time go?! I'm still struggling to find spare minutes to keep up with my ...
Two years ago I was introduced to the Daily 5, by our amazing Academic Advisor. I immediately read both the Daily 5 and The Café Book and fell completely in love with them. I began to wonder how I could possibly incorporate this style of workshop learning into my intermediate classroom? After launching the Daily 5 in my intermediate classroom, I could never go back! This 22 page unit includes all you need to launch a successful workshop. This unit includes: Intro to Daily 5, Setting Up, Launching the Daily 5, and Getting Started. I have an example schedule, posters, cafe cards and menu, as well as ideas in preparing and launching the Daily 5 in your classroom. Happy Teaching!
This rubric is perfect for assessing Daily 5 in your classroom! I hope you find it useful. Thanks for looking!
I have been working on some new ideas for my students to do during their Daily Five “Word Work” rotation. A couple days ago I posted about my Word of the Week Graphic Organizer. Another idea I had was inspired by a couple different sources. I first saw the idea for a Boggle bulletin board…
Call me crazy... I love my owls and all, but I just was NOT loving my Daily 5 posters. I redid them today to go along with the chalkboard theme I have with my owls. Check it out (I added "work with teacher" because I had a request for my owl posters--which I still need to update!): Click {HERE} to snag this for free!!!(PS-I noticed on the Google Drive that there was an issue viewing all of the pages, but once you click "download" it downloads just fine to your computer and you'll have all the posters) Check back soon to grab the bookmarks that I'll be making to go along with the posters. To see what I mean, check {THIS} post out with how I run my daily 5 and to see my Owl Posters. PS---If you aren't checking out my FB page lately---you are MISSING OUT! I just hit 500 followers there and am having fun with some flash freebies this week! They are going to be gone, gone, gone! So you need to make sure to subscribe to my feeds! Oh, and I have a very special FANS ONLY tab where I'll be posting some extra special love for you! Right now you can snag a few pages from my Perfect Papers Packet! (Click on the picture to go to my FB page) Tomorrow I'm going to have my son do some pages of my newest packet Cool Cats and Scaredy Cats. If you love using Pete the Cat and Splat the Cat in your classroom, you have to check it out! I'm so excited to use it. I'll have a post about it shortly! Make sure you are following on BlogLovin' so that you get all the goods and stay "in the know!"
After being introduced to The Daily Five this past year, I decided to come up with my own version of a Math Daily Five. I took some inspiration by other people on Pinterest and made it my own. The five categories are Paper Practice, Problem Solving, Investigations, Making Meaning, and Strategy Games. Paper Practice - At this station the students work on different types of problems for whatever topic I am teaching in math. This past year I put together packets that the students would work on, however, this year I am going to try and save on paper and laminate a sheet that has practice problems on it and have the students write the problems in their math notebooks. Problem Solving - At this station the students work on different word problems for the math topic. For some topics I bought a box of problem solving cards from Lakeshore Learning Store and the others I found word problems online and typed them up and laminated them on cardstock. The students answer the word problems in their math notebooks. (For the sake of time I do not make them write the word problem.) Investigations - At this station the students use different types of manipulatives to help them solve problems. Depending on the topic, this station is also used to have the students make their own manipulatives or flipbooks. Basically any of the activities need to be hands-on. Making Meaning - At this station the students are using the classroom computers to play games on different websites. A few of my favorites are www.gamequarium.org and www.ixl.com Strategy Games - At this station the students play differnt math games that I have created or found online. Some easy examples are matching, go fish, and bingo. With third graders, I try to keep the rotations to about 15-20 minutes. I always have a small group working with me at my table. Here is the sheet that I use to plan each unit: I bought bins from Target and put labels on them for each station (except for Making Meaning). I put all of the manipulatives and materials that the students will need in these bins.
We teach 5th grade and have implemented the Daily 5 this year for our reading block. By clicking on each picture below, you will be able to download a FREE Daily 5 I Chart for each component that we do in our room. Enjoy! Please make sure to stop on over to our blog to ... Read More about Daily 5 I Chart Posters for the Intermediate Grades
I have been talking with some of my firstie friends about using the wonderful Daily 5 (created by the 2 Sisters) in our classrooms. I have a confession: I LOVE using Daily 5 in first grade! This however was not the feeling that I had when I was first handed the book during my first ... Read More about I’m Lovin’ Daily 5 on the Fifth!! {A Monthly Linky Party with a Giveaway and Freebies!}
Use this editable color-coded rotation schedule to meet all your Daily 5 needs.
Grab this FREEBIE for your Daily 5 block. Students can color in their choices each day. There is also a spot for them to color in when the "shop for books." Check out My Daily 5 Rubric that is a FREEBIE as well. Clipart Provided By: Melonheadz
Hey Friends, Happy Tuesday! 😀 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I LOVE the Daily 5. It is such a wonderful way to engage students in reading and writing independently while you get to work with small groups. In my classroom this year, I had used the Daily 5 instead of center time since I couldn’t use…
If you are working toward implementing The Daily Five in your classroom or if you are reviewing in preparation for next year, I would like to remind you about three important mini lessons to cover with your students during the first week (or so) of launching Read to Self. It's important to begin Read to Self right way, because it sets the tone and the routine for all of the other components of The Daily Five. The authors, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, recommend the following three lessons to help get your students on the right path. Mini Lesson 1 Mini Lesson Two Mini Lesson Three Good Fit Book FREEBIE The clip art is from KPM Doodles. When planning for the first week of school, be sure to include The Big Three mini lessons: Three Ways to Read a Book, Where to Sit in the Room, and How to Choose Good Fit Books. With The Daily Five, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thoughtful lessons and organization during the onset will pay off over the course of the year. If you would like to read a related post with more information about launching The Daily Five click here. Thanks for reading.
