We've finally launched The Daily 5, and the results so far have been truly remarkable. In short, The Daily 5 is a literacy structure that teaches independence and gives children the skills they need to create a lifetime love of reading and writing. It consists of five tasks (Read to Self, Work on Writing, Word Work, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading) that are introduced individually. When introduced to each task, the children discuss what it looks like, sounds like, 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 the task.
To begin, we learned 3
ways to read a book...
...and also an acronym we can refer to when book shopping for good-fit books: I-PICK. To learn exactly how IPICK works, we used the metaphor of a good-fit pair of shoes. Shoes all serve us a purpose, and we like how they look on us, but they might
not be a good fit for our friend... just like a book!
We've also charted ways we can be independent during Read to Self and Work on Writing. These charts are called I-charts (I for independence). Here we are building Read to Self stamina. Ask us how we're independent during this task!
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