What Does Daily 5 Look Like?

Daily 5 is the Literacy program we use to develop specific reading and writing strategies within our students. Daily 5 has 5 elements:

Listen to reading

Read to someone

Read to self

Word work

Work on writing

Until today, we participated in each element in isolation as we were focus on building our reading and writing stamina. That is our ability to stay focused on reading or writing for increasing periods of time. 

Today we participated in all five elements where the children moved from one activity to the next in 10 to 15 minute rotations. 

Here's what today's rotations looked like:

Word work:

Choose a sight word. Read it. Write it in kinetic sand. 

Work on writing. 

Choose a sight word. Read it. Use magnetic letters to make it. Write it on a white board. 

Read to someone. 

Choose a partner. Choose a book. Take it in turns to read the pictures. See which of your sight words you can spot. 

Read to self. 

Choose a book. Find a comfortable place to sit. Read the pictures. See how many of your sight words you can find.