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Q: I have a question about procedures during the stamina building training period of the Daily 5.

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Question from CT

I just finished reading your book and my head was filled with all kinds of wonderful ideas as a result. Thank you for your concrete suggestions and wonderful ideas.

I have a question about procedures during the stamina building training period of the Daily 5. When the teacher goes to the assessment/small group area during the training time, the teacher just sits there quietly, not making eye contact right? Does the teacher do this all the way up to the 30 minutes total time during the entire training period? Don't the kids wonder, "Why aren't you doing YOUR job on the I-chart---working with students?" Or after a few days do you begin working with students? Or do you model reading quietly or writing quietly during that time? I'm just confused as to what I should be doing during this training stamina-building time. I'm use to circulating and giving feedback and now understand why that may be counterproductive to independence. Can you please advise me?

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We are delighted that you enjoyed the book. After the first couple of days of launching Read to Self, we begin our one-on-one assessing while kids are building their stamina. This gets the class accustomed to our working with individuals during Daily 5 and conditions them to ignore the potential distraction of our soft conferring voices while they work.



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