DAILY 5 IN 4 TH GRADE

1. DAILY 5 IN 4TH GRADE

2. What is Daily 5 • A management process to answer the question “What do the other students do while I am doing reading groups?” • Daily 5 is not your instruction…guided reading is your instruction.

3. Read to Self • Students need leveled books they can read. • Students find a quiet comfortable place in the classroom to read independently. • Students continue to read in the same place until the signal to change.

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8. Work on Writing • Students need a journal or portfolio to write in or store their writing. • Students find a quiet and comfortable place in the classroom to write independently. • Students choose a topic to write about. • If students don’t know how to spell a word they sound the word out, underline the word and continue without disrupting their teacher. • Students continue to write in the same place until the signal to change.

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13. Read to Someone • Students need leveled books they can read. • Students sit side by side so they can talk quietly and see the same book. • Students can choose to read the same book or separate books. • Students check for understanding by asking each other questions about their reading.

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18. Word Work • Students need various supplies they can use for word work. • Students sit alone and work on vocabulary activities independently. • Students work from their weekly vocabulary list • Students check for understanding by asking each other questions about their reading.

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20. Listen to Reading • Students need computer with head phones. • Students go to www.tumblebooks.com or other websites where they can hear fluent reading. • Students listen to stories

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23. Move slow to go fast • I did not pull reading groups this year until October. • If you really train students the process of daily 5 your guided reading groups will flow very smoothly.

24. Training students • Part of training students is setting expectations for each component by creating an I-Chart • I in I-Chart stands for independence • After setting the expectations you have to hold students accountable for the expectations the class created.

25. building stamina • The three minute start • Students start each component for only three minutes. • As students can successfully complete a component for a set amount of time add a few minutes each time up to 30 minutes.

26. The components • As students build stamina of 12-15 minutes add another component • It is suggested the components are presented in this order • Read to self • Work on writing • Read to someone • Word work • Listen to Reading

27. I-Chart Examples

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32. The components • Teaching students to work independently is very important to making daily 5 work in your classroom! • My students don’t notice when they work a little longer in a rotation or for a little less time.

33. What materials do I need? • Leveled books • A way of knowing specific reading levels for students • Chart tablets • Paper • Pencils • Crayons • Individual book storage • A comfortable environment for learning. • A signal so they know when the round is over. • A gathering place for when the round of daily 5 is over.