Daily 5
What is the Daily 5?
The Daily 5 is part of a literacy framework that provides students with individual practice and reinforcement of literacy skills while building autonomy and stamina. During Daily 5, students rotate through five authentic reading and writing stations. Students work independently toward personalized goals, while the teacher conferences one on one and works with small guided reading/word work groups. The Daily 5 consists of the following five literacy activities: read to self, read to someone, work on writing, word works and listen to reading. Please note that not every student gets to each station every day. The goal is not to complete all of the activities with speed but to engage in each activity with purpose and stamina.
Read to Self
In our class we start with “read to self every day”. Our goal is to be able to build our reading stamina and be able to read to self as long as possible. After students read each book or chapter in their book bins, they record what they read on a reading log and write a response to what they read in a journal or on a graphic organizer we have learned to use in class. We keep this in our red reading folders, where they can be checked and used during conferences.
Read to Someone
During read to someone students whisper read to their reading partner or the teacher. In our class each student has an assigned reading partner. Partners change throughout the year.
Work on Writing
Students write stories in journals and little books that they hand in. The writing topic changes daily.
Word Work
Students are given word lists that they use for word work. Currently, in our class the students’ word work is all done in a blue composition notebook. This notebook will change throughout the year. Word work activities include but are not limited to: writing a sentence using the word, rainbow writing, blue and red words (vowels are written in red and consonants are written in blue), word sorts, abc order and more.
Listen to Reading
The goal of “listen to reading” is to increase fluency and comprehension. By listening to a story being fluently read students can model what they hear in order to increase their own fluency. They can also focus on understanding the story and working on comprehension since they are not working on decoding unknown words. During listen to reading in our class, the students use their Chromebooks and utilize the RAZ kids program. Your child has been given a password so that you can also use RAZ Kids at home.