Daily Five

During this summer break I have been reading about the Daily Five. I have been impressed by the benefits and the meaningfulness of its use during reading time. Last term I struggled to figure out what to do with 'the others' during guided reading, a lot of the time the tasks I chose were to keep them busy and occupied as opposed to enhancing their learning. Using the Daily Five this year will hopefully allow more meaningful rotations.

Reading to Self
Reading to Someone
Listening to Reading
Work on Writing
Word Work

Although they are similar to rotations I was using before I feel like implementing them correctly and teaching the students the purpose with allow for more genuine learning to take place. I won't be following the Daily Five exactly it will be adapted to suit my class. I believe that conferencing with children and choosing goals with them will help them connect with their learning. I am going to conference with every child on a friday so they have a goal for the following week.