We have been hard at work laying the foundation for our literacy block this year! For the past few weeks, we have been learning about three aspects of our Daily 5 time. These include read to self, read to someone, and work on writing. We have worked hard to develop lists of expected and unexpected behaviors for each activity and have then practiced those expected behaviors as we build our stamina in each area. We are now at the point where we can read to self for 20 minutes, work on writing for 15 minutes, and read to someone for 10 minutes. Our goal is to build our stamina to 20 minutes in all three areas. We are well on our way! It is important that we master these literacy activities because these will be our anchor activities during our literacy block for the entire school year. Students will rotate through the Daily 5 activities when they are not in a reading group with a teacher.
Take a look at read to self, read to someone, and work on writing in action! Ask your child to point out the expected behaviors in the pictures. (Faces have been covered by smiley faces to protect students' privacy.)
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Read to Someone
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Read to Self
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In the coming weeks, we will be introducing the last two parts of Daily 5-Listen to Reading and Word Work. A note went home in the green folder on Monday regarding headphones for Listen to Reading. Please let me know if you need another copy of this notice! We hope to begin Listen to Reading in early October.
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