I use The Daily 5 as a classroom managment tool during our 90 Minute Reading Block and OhMyWord do my littles love it! It took a ton of time and dedication to be where we're at now but it's all been so worth it!
We started the year out doing these stamina graphs to track our progress. I had no idea how much this would motivate my students but they meant business when it was time to get started. They thourghouly enjoyed seeing their progress and workd super hard to beat it the next day. They encouraged eachother along the way and used teamwork to reach our goal of 20 minutes.
You can download the various graphs here:
I've tried a few different ways of organizing the picking of stations and here a few pictures of what has worked best for my class this year...
This is where my kids choose their choices for the day. We don't follow the D5 to a tee... I picked and chose what worked best for us. We have 2 guided reading groups a day so they get 2 choices. (Each group is broken up with a small mini-lesson as the Sisters suggest in the book.) They pick picture cards of me or my aide when they meet with us and are alllowed to free pick their 2nd choice. If they don't meet with me or our aide, they are required to choose Read to Self at least once. This ensures that they're getting at least 20 minutes of independent reading time.
I organize my choice cards in different colored buckets that I purchased form Target's Dollar Spot. Gotta love that place!! On the front of each bucket, I secured an enlarged choice card so that my kiddos could easily see card each bucket held. **This pic was taken before I put mine and my aides cards on the front!
Each student has his/her own name with space for 2 choice cards. They know that any card with a "2" on it means it has to be completed during the second choice. I have 8 computers in my classroom so I have 8 choice cards with nothing on them, and 8 choice cards with a number 2. This ensures that they over-pick a specific choice. **I hope that makes sense :)
**Freebies**
Here is where they keep their book bins. I have a library check out schedule that we follow and students are allowed to get between 3 & 5 books. These book bins also hold their poetry journals and any unfinished Work on Words papers.
The plastic drawers hold various activitites that they must complete before getting their Word on Words drawer. I don't have a picture of those but I'll get one uploadad. Currently the drawer holds their current spelling list, playdough & a golf tee to write out their words, stamps, a pack of glitter crayons/pens or markers, dry erase board, magic slate, and wiki-sticks. Once they complete the activity from the drawer they can choose an activity from within their Work Drawer. It's really a nice way to keep everyone they need in one place.
Here's a few *freebies* of my kids' favorite recording pages that I created for my Work on Words station:
For Rainbow Words, the kids use different colored sparkle pens, twistable or glitter crayons, or markers to write their spelling words or themed words for the month.
Stamp It is used when the students choose to stamp their words. Again, they can do their spelling words or themed words for this activity.
Do you use Daily 5? What's your best D5 tip?
Back to my lazy Sunday **Which hasn't been very lazy :(!!! Hope there was something useful for you here!