Daily 5 grade 4

Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students are subject to end of year, high-stakes testing for the first time. Fluency is not tested on these exams, students have

In fourth grade, I do not do a choice board for Daily 5. I really don't have the space or the time. In the past, I have always just verbal...

Ideas for each of the daily five rotations

Thinking about implementing a Daily Three reading structure for reading rotations? Check out this post for details and example activities for each roation.

Interested in Daily 5 but not sure how to get it started in an upper elementary or middle school classroom!? Look no further than this post for tips and FREE resources for getting started!

When I started at my new school last year, I came into a new reading program. I was used to doing almost all of my reading instruction WHOLE CLASS, but my school uses a guided reading model all the way up to 5th grade. I definitely had to rethink my reading block! I had done centers in the past, but wanted a really clear way to maximize the time and make the transitions clear for the students. Here's how I do my guided reading block! ROTATIONS We have Guided Reading/Centers Monday-Thursday…

Teachers ask all the time how they can become more organized during their Daily 5 time. Check out the answers to my FAQ and see how I organize my Daily 5.

This post is a follow up to last week's post about how I create, run, and take data on Guided Reading groups. Some of my most popular posts are about my Daily 3 structure: Daily 3 Bootcamp, Introducing the Daily 5, and Word Work. I wrote all three of those posts during my second year teaching, though, and my Daily 3 has continued to evolve since then. I wanted to take you through a breakdown of how I allocate my 60 minutes a day of guided reading time. This year, my guided reading block was…

As a fifth grade teacher, I was excited and hopped on the bandwagon of the Daily 5 in 2010. I loved the structure, loved the purposeful activities, and loved how it seemed that my students were engaged from the get go. But as the first few weeks of establishing routines, and building stamina came to a close, I noticed that not all of my fifth graders were engaged or using their time wisely with all the choices. I knew right away that changes had to be made. When looking at The Daily 5, I…