Mellissa, Will you share what your reading workshop day would look like with Daily 5. I am really interested. Where should I start? What would you recommend I buy to read? How did you begin. I also teach second grade and am not familiar with Daily 5 Pat K
"to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." e.e. cummings On Jun 26, 2008, at 7:40 AM, Melissa Kile wrote: > Stephanie, > > First of all, there are several Yahoo groups focusing on Daily 5. One > is > Daily5, one is Daily5BookStudy (1 chapter per week), and someone > mentioned > another one for "firsties"--but don't know the name of it. > > I used Daily 5 last year in 2nd grade (1st time for 2nd gr for me). My > reading workshop revolves around the Daily 5, altho we usually only > got 3 > choices in, sometimes 2, as I would take one choice occasionally for > teaching comprehension strategies (took longer than a typical > minilesson, > since I was reading an entire picture book, or using poems). I also > kept > writing separate--Lucy Calkins. However, I did do minilessons for > decoding > strategies, etc. The independent practice was my favorite part--the > kids did > a great job building stamina and everyone from low to high levels > improved > over the year. I'm convinced it was because of all the extra time > reading. > > It will take at least 6 weeks to build stamina and get everyone doing > what > they're supposed to be doing. I started taking individual kids for > assessments once everyone had reached 8-9 minutes of stamina. When the > class > reached 15 minutes, I started taking groups for instruction. > > Hope that helps. I encourage you to join one or more of the Daily 5 > groups. > Melissa/VA/2nd > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Stephanie Sanchez < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello group, >> After hearing people rave about the Daily 5, I decided to buy it. I >> finished it all in one sitting. Wow...what a read! I love all it has >> to say. >> I'm curious though, and would love to hear input, on how other >> teacher's >> have combined the Daily 5 with Reader's Workshop. What would your >> schedule >> look like? How does the Reader's Workshop model of mini-lesson, shared >> practice, and independent practice of the mini-lesson skill fit in >> with the >> Daily 5? I definitely am looking forward to teaching this in the >> fall. Any >> input would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Stephanie >> 3rd grade, CA >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
