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Wendy Coleman
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Suggested to do List - March 21 to April 11

Daily 5 Suggested To Do List

*Get Book Holders organized for the Week of March 21^st to 25^th

*I Pick Book Lessons Week of March 28^th to 31^st

*Independent Reading Lessons Week of April 4^th to 8^th

*Read/Scan over Ch. 1- 4 for April 11^th

Ideas for Student Names on the Book Holders:

-Alphabet stickers from the Dollar Store (I have some and can get more if you are interested)

-Use Word Art to create Vertical names and cut and paste

-Attach a label

-Some teachers have attached the student’s photo (either from digital camera or school picture) on the book nook

-You could have the students decorate their own (but be warned- these will travel with the students between grades- If they adorn the book holder with I Love Justin Bieber, they might not like it in future)

-Tips from teachers in past are to keep them simple (you don’t want students drawing on the book holders instead of reading)

-Perhaps junior teachers could lend some helpers or have reading buddies help

-This is also a great job for volunteers or co-op students

Following March 21 Meeting

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for attending our first Daily 5 PD session. We have the next few months to implement the Daily 5 and make it work for you in your classroom.

I am in Wednesday morning and will hand out your book holders then. If you can't wait, they are in Room 11 in packs of 5. Feel free to take what you need based on class size. I have some alphabet stickers left and can certainly purchase some more. There are some in Room 11 but I am not sure what is left.

I am available Friday afternoon to help you organize your classroom libraries. Please email me to set up a time if interested.
I have also included a Daily 5 checklist that might be helpful and some suggestions for creating the Book Holders.

Our Next meeting is Monday, April 11th at lunch. Please mark it on your calendar.

Thanks again.

Carol



Carol Guhbin
LIPT
Linden Park/Pauline Johnson

Introduction to the Daily 5

Introduction to the Daily 5 – Key Points of the Introduction and the True Account of a Teacher Who Swears by It!

Key Points	Reflections/or New Learning
Before they implemented the Daily 5, the teachers were tired, exhausted. They were trying to conduct guided reading, but were interrupted by children misbehaving at centres, off task behaviour. They had piles of work sheets to mark and the work produced at centres was sub par.	Before I implemented the Daily 5 in my room I too was constantly strained and tired. I dreaded centre time, and preferred quiet rows. I remember feeling sick when I saw what work the students produced at centres. I mastered my teacher stare/glare at the off task students in groups, as I was trying to conduct guided reading. Generally, I would go home stressed and unhappy. The Daily 5 kind of fell into place for me at the right time. One year I had a very challenging class. At lunch I would vent about my daily horrors as I tried to fit in Guided Reading time while managing my class. I swore that Guided Reading was impossible with a class like this! It really didn’t click for my class until the Daily 5 was in place. It allowed me to “work smart, not hard!”
After the Daily 5 was implemented the teachers had a quiet and calm classroom. There was a quite buzz in the room. Students are independent. Students are engaged. Students had choice so they enjoyed: Read to Self Read to Someone Writing activities Word wall/Spelling activities	Once Daily 5 in place, my room remained calm, and organized. There were few behaviour problems because the students were independent and engaged. The students would know the routines and needed little direction. This would allow me uninterrupted time for Guided Reading. They really enjoyed the structured freedom of the Daily 5. I was surprised at how well it was embraced (even by students with learning disabilities and behavioural concerns) They loved their book boxes. We called them book nooks as they were filled with just right books that interested them. It did take some time to level my classroom library and create the booknooks. Once read to self is establish, the other parts of the daily 5 are introduced. They require minimal work to set up.
Students need to be taught independence	Required a lot of modelling and practise but worth the effort- Daily 5 book shows you exactly how to do this
A Student Driven management system	Equals happy students and a happy teacher Because I had time to work with students in small groups, it really made a huge difference in their reading and writing I would go home happy and enjoy my evenings with my daughter

The Daily 5

The Daily 5 has been ordered for any staff member who has responded to the email. The books should be here soon. This blog will be used to post chapter summaries. Hopefully staff will add posts to each summary adding what they have tried and what works or does not work for them.