Read to Someone

What exactly does Read to Someone mean?

The second component of The Daily 5 is Read to Someone. This activity is invaluable because it allows students to practice reading while simultaneously improving their social and verbal skills. Reading with someone allows students to build their confidence in their reading ability as well as learn the social rules of taking turns and listening to a partner.

Read to Someone

Again, we have an anchor chart we created together as a class to define what this should look like and what the students and teacher will do during this time.

We go through the procedure of:

-How to choose a partner

-How to sit with a partner (EEKK-Elbow to elbow & knee to knee)

-How to check each other for understanding

-How to coach your partner

You can spend a few weeks modeling these and role playing how it should and shouldn’t look. This time allows for more time to practice strategies, helps to build fluency, check for understanding, to hear their own voice and gives time to share reading as a learning community. (Credit to Mrs. Fawcett's Site)

"Reading with someone helps readers, especially developing readers, become more self-sufficient and less reliant on the teacher for assistance. Research shows that taking turns while reading increases reading involvement, attention, and collaboration." (The Daily 5™ p. 60) The benefits are endless!

Sample Video:

If you're struggling to envision what reading to someone may look like check out this video:

It is a fabulous example of how to model your expectations for students during read to someone.

Resources:

-Very helpful blog from a teacher who uses The Daily 5 in her classroom

-Visuals like this one below help students know where to go as well as keep the classroom management and organization component of The Daily 5 simple!

-Below are some exemplars of charts to use in your classroom!