Monday, October 13, 2014

Week 10

Daily 5 is in full swing folks!!! I have been so excited to get through all roll-outs of each component and become familiar with the steps/expectations so that we can get to gaining independence! Since we now know it all, the students have begun to pick their OWN order for the day!!! If they're working on some writing they're excited about, they can choose it first! If they just can't wait to Read with Someone, hey! Choose it first! 
We made cards that correspond with each component.
















They are color coded so that we are sure we don't have too many people working on one project at a time (i.e. 10 people choose Listen to Reading and there just aren't enough devices for them). 

Each morning, they will choose their order! When we begin D5, they dismiss and get started all on their own! At the sound of the gong, they clean up, switch their card to the back of the pile, and get started right away on what's next! I am so, so impressed with the amount of quality literacy time they spend each day! These kids are thriving being in charge of what they do :)
Check out the picture below of them all working on different projects at the same time!

























We also added a new concept to our phonics instruction this week - compound words! In addition to fingertapping and spelling them, we have been doing tons of Word Work with them, including writing them on our own, making them up, and creating broken up words for our friends to put back together :)




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