We also have a birthday coming up on September 8th! Gabriel turns 6! Since his birthday falls on Sunday we will celebrate either tomorrow or Monday. His mom is bringing cupcakes!!! Yum! :)
This week we've been focusing on Daily Five. This structure removes all of the guesswork from the children concerning classroom routines and procedures and allows them to concentrate fully on learning.
Soon your child will be talking about “The Daily Five” at home. This literacy structure teaches independence and gives children the skills needed to create a lifetime love of reading and writing. It consists of five tasks that are introduced individually.
- Read to Self
- Read to Someone
- Listen to Reading
- Work on Writing
- Word Work
and feels like to engage in the task independently. Then, the children work on building their stamina until they are successful at being independent while doing that task.
When all five tasks have been introduced and the children are fully engaged in reading and writing activities, I am able to work with small groups and confer with children one on one. This structure is proven effective, the results are amazing, and the children really look forward to Daily Five time. Ask your child about Daily Five and see what he/she has to say. I anticipate your child will tell you about the class stamina, how we are working towards independence, and maybe you will even hear about some of the fantastic things your child has written, read, or listened to during our structured reading time.
Here are a few pictures of our "Read to Self" time as we are building our stamina to read independently.
In addition to Read to Self, we will begin building stamina for Work on Writing next week. We will continue adding each component to Daily Five as the kids see fit.
Hey Mrs. Stinnets- love the pic of Eden- did she tell you her birthday was the 15th? It's actually the 13th :) I appreciate your recognizing summer kids' birthdays- mine is during summer vacation,too, and I remember always wishing that it was during school so I could bring in cupcakes :). Eden was talking abt "the daily five" just this afternoon:)
ReplyDeleteNaomi - the student info paper y'all turned in had Aug. 15th. But now looking at it again, I see you put 8-15-13, so you must've been writing the date :) Oops. I will have to get another shot of Eden and edit my photo!
ReplyDeleteMy son has a birthday during the summer and I know how much he likes to be recognized!! :)
haha- don't bother- it's not a big deal. my fault :)
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