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Daily 5™ Print Downloads
These articles include brief schedules, lessons, and charts you can use with students and colleagues. To open any of these materials, you will need a copy of Acrobat Reader on your computer. Get Free Acrobat Reader Here.
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Parent Letter Introducing Daily 5™ (DOWNLOAD)
Ready to dive into Daily 5? Worried that the parents of your students will question why your environment and structure is so different from when they went to school? Here is a sample letter introducing The Daily 5 that you can easily revise to help explain why. . . .
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5-4-3-2-1 Let's Begin
Primary teachers, Trish has some encouraging words about launching Daily 5 that might be just what you need to hear. . . .
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Parent Letter- Value of Using The Pictures
Trish is a wonderful kindergarten teacher who uses friendly letters to inform and teach her families about the learning happening at school. In this note, she informs families that it is completely appropriate for their sons and daughters to use the pictures to support their reading. Adults do it all the time! . . .
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Daily 5 Signs with Picture Clues (DOWNLOAD)
I like to have the Daily 5 choices up in my room for students to refer to when they check in. Since our district is extremely diverse (there are 11 different home languages represented in my classroom alone), I realized that picture clues would really help support my young learners, especially those new to English. I'm happy to share them with you in case you'd like to do the same. Lori . . .
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Daily 5 and CAFE-The Launch - Part 1 (ARTICLE)
A Note from Gail and Joan: We are hoping to alleviate the concerns teachers have about how to combine Daily 5 and CAFE simultaneously. We hope it is just in time to help you think through the launch of your school year. . . .
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Miraculous Journey (DOWNLOAD)
Our favorite read aloud becomes an end of the year gift, and a letter with the same theme for parents celebrates the miraculous journey of first grade. . . .
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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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Positive Recognition for Barometer Children - Filling Their Banks
Difficult students are a fact of life for a teacher. How to deal with those challenging students is not so cut and dried. Deep down we know that demanding students are crying out for attention and help and need guidance to support the reshaping of their behaviors. Yet, early on in a new relationship with exigent students, we typically don't have the rapport required to reform behaviors. . . .
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Home Reading Program (ARTICLE)
We continue to search for ways to partner with our parents and students to ensure homework is meaningful activity. Trish Prentice is sharing with us her homework program she uses with families. . . .
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