I wrote about the Daily Five a little while ago, and we adjusted our routine a bit last week. The Daily Five are five things all students should do every day to become better readers and writers: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, and Word Work. We have been doing all of these things every day, but now we have a period of time daily when students can choose which "Daily 5" activity they'd like to do. Our morning literacy block consists of Read to Self and Read to Someone (partner reading) time, and it ends with the Daily 5 choice. The afternoon portion of our literacy block includes SWR (Word Work) and Writing Workshop (which is Work on Writing time).
So far, the most popular Daily 5 choice is Listening to Reading. Currently, students can listen to stories read aloud on the computer or on the cassette player at our listening station. Coming soon--MP3 player listening stations. I have the equipment, but I need to find the time to get the technology set up and ready to go! Students also have really enjoyed having more unstructured writing time, where they can write about whatever they'd like. There's lots of freedom of topics in Writing Workshop, but Work on Writing time lets children write anything--letters, lists, stories, cards, menus, polls, comics--you name it, they can write it!
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| So excited to work more on her Writing Workshop pieces! |
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| Students love the website storyonline.net! |
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| This is how Wednesday's Daily 5 looked--lots of students chose "Listen to Reading"! |
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| Such a dedicated reader!!! |
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