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Picking a Partner - How is it Going? (VIDEO)
Read to Someone is up and running, so Natalie and Joan touch base to talk about how partner selection is going in her K-2 classroom. What's going well? What did she need to fine tune? Let's watch and see. . . .
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FAQ - How do I get started with Daily 5 and the Website?
We heard from a few members recently who are embarking on their Daily 5 journey this coming fall. They wrote asking if we could post some suggestions for how to start learning about Daily 5 so they'll be prepared for the school year. So where to start with Daily 5? . . .
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A Literacy Celebration
It just doesn't seem right to let the year come to an end without a celebration of our literacy accomplishments. I feel like shouting from the roof of the school that my students are brilliant, caring, fun and full of the knowledge it takes to be competent readers and writers! . . .
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Share Your Stories (ARTICLE)
Jen McDonough writes, "Authors write to be heard. They write so that others will be changed by what they have written. They write to entertain others. But in so many classrooms across the country, children are being asked to write and never given the opportunity to share what they have written." Jen shares her beliefs and practices for her authors: . . .
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Engaging Older Students with I-Charts
Rachel's fourth grade students take an active roll in helping to create their class I-Charts when launching Daily 5™. She shares her approach to engaging her students, taking what they know, creating the new charts, and posting them. Thanks for sharing Rachel. . . .
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What are You Working On? (ARTICLE)
As Jen was trying to cajole her four and half year old into the bath tub the other night-he looked at her and said, "Mom, what are you working on?" The conversation that ensued had Jen reflecting on that brilliant question. . . .
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Mental Images
Adjusting Mental Images while reading can be a tricky strategy to model and teach. This book, by Joy Cowley, makes it easy. . . .
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Daily 5™ and the Gradual Release of Responsibility (ARTICLE and DOWNLOAD)
Allison Behne's insightful article examines how the Daily 5™ structure and the Gradual Release of Responsibility model work together to create and support independent readers and writers. . Both instructional models allow teachers to meet the needs of individual students and small groups of students. A Gradual Release of Responsibility and Daily 5™ chart is available for download to visually communicate how learning is gradually transferred from the teacher to the students in Daily 5™. . . .
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Daily 5 - Charting Stamina Growth Part II (Video)
n this second of a two part video, Danielle French checks in with her Kindergarten students as they reflect on their reading stamina. Yesterday they had one minute of stamina, today they had 10 minutes. The amazing improvement was directly related to the focus lesson which enabled students to get started right away. . . .
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