These are 2 pictures from my Daily 5 rotation chart and the Boggle Board I created this past Summer! Thanks Lady Bug Teacher's Files, and Seusstastic Blog!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Last year after Christmas my classroom began using The Daily 5 by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser "the sisters". This has been one of the best things in my classroom! The best part about this is student's get to choose what they do during reading class when they're not in small group reading with me. Students can choose to read to themself, read to others, work on writing, work with words, or listen to reading. I'm going to break down each component in my classroom:
1. Read to self- During this time students have been practicing choosing books using the acronym "I Pick"
I choose a book. This is student choice! Student's choose books based upon interest
Purpose- Why do I want to read it?
Interest- Does it interest me?
Comprehend- Am I understanding what I read?
Know- Do I know most of the words?
Students choose a spot on the classroom floor and read to themselves. We have worked since the beginning of the year on stamina (how long can they sit and read without being distracted). It's taken a lot of practice, but once they can do it they will reap the benefits from all of the practice that they are receiving while reaidng to themselves.
2. Read to Someone- This is my student's favorite because they can read to their friends! I know what you're thinking, how is my child or how do your student's focus on a book if they're with their friends? It's easy! My secret is a student response sheet that they HAVE to fill out when they're finished.
3. Listening- This year my school has purchased Raz- Kids from A-Z Learning! I L-O-V-E it! Students can read books that I assign to them based upon their Lexile Reading Level! The stories include fiction, nonficition, biographies, poems, and it gives them a test at the end of the story. Once again, student's are being held accountable!
4. Writing- This is one of my hardest Daily 5 rotations, because I'm having problems with student's writing. I can't wait until after Fall Break, because we're fixing to get busy with writing. I have a cute journal jar set up for them with writing, but I know the only reason they go to the station is because they HAVE too! This will change! As soon as Fall Break's over! We're going to become writers, that's my goal!
5. Word Work- This is my student's MOST FAVORITE (yes I'm putting that on here, because it's something that they say) thing to do in Daily 5. Student's use their vocabulary and spelling words to complete word work activities. These activities include using shaving cream to spell out spelling words, using the boggle board to create new words, or even giving each other spelling tests.
When students check out books to read they have to check out 3 Non-Fiction, and 2 Fiction books. This way throughout the year we're focusing on informational text and not simple fiction books.
Do you use Daily 5 in your classroom? If so, I'd love to hear how you use it!
1. Read to self- During this time students have been practicing choosing books using the acronym "I Pick"
I choose a book. This is student choice! Student's choose books based upon interest
Purpose- Why do I want to read it?
Interest- Does it interest me?
Comprehend- Am I understanding what I read?
Know- Do I know most of the words?
Students choose a spot on the classroom floor and read to themselves. We have worked since the beginning of the year on stamina (how long can they sit and read without being distracted). It's taken a lot of practice, but once they can do it they will reap the benefits from all of the practice that they are receiving while reaidng to themselves.
2. Read to Someone- This is my student's favorite because they can read to their friends! I know what you're thinking, how is my child or how do your student's focus on a book if they're with their friends? It's easy! My secret is a student response sheet that they HAVE to fill out when they're finished.
3. Listening- This year my school has purchased Raz- Kids from A-Z Learning! I L-O-V-E it! Students can read books that I assign to them based upon their Lexile Reading Level! The stories include fiction, nonficition, biographies, poems, and it gives them a test at the end of the story. Once again, student's are being held accountable!
4. Writing- This is one of my hardest Daily 5 rotations, because I'm having problems with student's writing. I can't wait until after Fall Break, because we're fixing to get busy with writing. I have a cute journal jar set up for them with writing, but I know the only reason they go to the station is because they HAVE too! This will change! As soon as Fall Break's over! We're going to become writers, that's my goal!
5. Word Work- This is my student's MOST FAVORITE (yes I'm putting that on here, because it's something that they say) thing to do in Daily 5. Student's use their vocabulary and spelling words to complete word work activities. These activities include using shaving cream to spell out spelling words, using the boggle board to create new words, or even giving each other spelling tests.
When students check out books to read they have to check out 3 Non-Fiction, and 2 Fiction books. This way throughout the year we're focusing on informational text and not simple fiction books.
Do you use Daily 5 in your classroom? If so, I'd love to hear how you use it!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
District Readers
It was so nice of Mr. Chapman, Metcalfe County Migrant Program to read to our class today! My students love when visitors read to them.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
How's it going?
Let me know what you think about the blog! I'm hoping to continue it from now on. How's it helping you? What do I need to add?
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Text Features- Scholastic
Today I share something AMAZING that I found while googling "Text Features". Text features can be hard for students to pick out, BUT if they can identify them then using text features will help any reader trying to read an informational text.
I'm sending you to another blog on scholastic. I hope you find it as enjoyable as I do!
*Lindsey
P.S. I did print the posters for text features from this website. Instead of using them as posters I laminated them and made them as text feature books. Now my students have a new resource that includes every text feature they could ever need!
I'm sending you to another blog on scholastic. I hope you find it as enjoyable as I do!
*Lindsey
P.S. I did print the posters for text features from this website. Instead of using them as posters I laminated them and made them as text feature books. Now my students have a new resource that includes every text feature they could ever need!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Questioning
How often throughout a class do we as teachers question students? My principal one time sat down and wrote every single question down that I asked my students in a 20 minute science block. I later found out that I asked 102 questions in a 20 minute block. The purpose of her doing this was to make us think about the questions that we were asking in class. Probably 75% of the questions that I was asking were basic recall questions. The same for our students. It's important that we get our students questioning while their reading. Student's should be questioning why things are happening, how could things change if certain things didn't happen. Student's should be questioning what's going to happen in the book, or what the book is going to be about. To help my students master this reading strategy of questioning I developed a science station to where students read an informational text and then they have to come up with FAT questions while their reading. They write their FAT questions on small post-it notes and stick it directly inside the book. When it's time to switch groups the student's leave their post-its in the book for the next group of student's who are coming to that station. Those students then have to write new questions, alongt wtih answering the questions the students before them left. Not only are student's questioning what they're reading, you also now have an active reading strategy going on in your classroom.
Fat Questions VS. Skinny Questions
1. Fat questions CAN NOT be answered with a simple yes or no answer.
2. Skinny questions can be answered with a simple yes or no answer.
Keep on having your student's write fat questions. It's not nice to call anybody fat, but they'll love that they can call questions fat. HAPPY TEACHING!
*Lindsey
Fat Questions VS. Skinny Questions
1. Fat questions CAN NOT be answered with a simple yes or no answer.
2. Skinny questions can be answered with a simple yes or no answer.
Keep on having your student's write fat questions. It's not nice to call anybody fat, but they'll love that they can call questions fat. HAPPY TEACHING!
*Lindsey
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