Daily 5 Literacy Block

In the last few weeks the students have been learning about the choices for our Daily 5 literacy block. In the primary grades we use the Daily 5 framework created by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser.  This allows for the teacher to meet with small groups or individuals to meet the different needs of the readers and writers in our classroom.  The 5 choices are read to self, read to someone, work on writing, listen to reading, and word work.

Each day we will be doing 3 rounds of the Daily 5.  If a student is not meeting with me individually or with a small group during a round, they make a choice which allows them to focus on reading or listening to books they enjoy, writing stories they are working on, or practice spelling patterns. Students may also be working on assignments that go along with the book they are reading in their small group.

All 5 choices have been launched and we began the year with building "stamina" for each choice. The goal is to be independent, focused, and productive in our choices so everyone can do their best learning.  It's also valuable that the students have "choice" over how to spend their literacy time when not meeting with me: reading self-selected books and writing stories that they have created.