Welcome back to my take on the newest Daily 5 book. A huge thanks goes out once again to the Freebielicious girls for letting me link up! Today I will be talking about Chapters 5 & 6. Do you have your book yet? No! Go now! I'll wait..........
Okay, before I continue can I just say how much I enjoy the pictures in this book! I am a huge visual learner and the pictures are spot on!
Chapter 5- Launching Read to Self- The First Daily 5
The title says it is the first Daily 5, but it should also say the most important. When launching Read to Self it is soooo important to lay down a STRONG foundation. Without that foundation you will watch the building crumble down around you. TRUST ME!! Last year I was a little more lax than typical because I was dealing with a grade change and a tricky class. I just never regained control over the way I wanted it to be. Don't get me wrong they were still learning and growing a ton. The volume and the stamina was just a little outside the norms.
This chapter is honestly something you are just going to have to read on your own. It is full of important details to get the most bang for your buck. The 2 Sisters go through their typical launch day. It starts with the 3 ways to read a book. I love this lesson because my low babies are usually really excited to find out what they can do IS reading! What a powerful day for them!
After you teach them the 1st two ways to read a book, read the pictures and read the words, it is time to launch Read to Self. When getting started make sure to refer back to the 10 Steps of Independence. After one round with the younger kiddos you stop for the day and move onto teaching the foundation lessons for the other Daily 5 choices.
I love that the 2 Sisters included this information in this book because I was always asking myself what to do with the remaining time in my reading block. I swear they were in my head because their answer was to teach foundation skills for other D5 choices.
Here are some of the foundational skills they recommend starting with:
I PICK Good-Fit Books- it is essential to give your students the knowledge and power to realize how and what are good fit books for them. The 2 Sisters recommend using this:
I select a book and look it over, inside and out.
Purpose: Why might I want to read it?
Interest: Does it interest me?
Comprehend: Do I understand what I am reading?
Know: Do I know most of the words?
If the student can answer yes to all of the above questions than they have found a good fit book!
I created a bookmark has a reminder on how to pick a good fit book. Grab this freebie {here}!!
Underline Words You Don't Know How to Spell, and Move On- I practiced this kinda sorta last year and my students wanted nothing to do with it. LOL! They wanted to know the correct spelling and they would ask another adult or student before moving on. I think more modeling is in my future.
They hit the other foundation skills in Chapter 6, but they do list the ones you could start off with in the first few days of practice.
Chapter 6- Foundation Lessons
As I said before you must start off with a strong foundation. So in Chapter 6 the 2 Sisters go into depth about quite a few of them. This is another one of those chapters I STRONGLY urge you to read. I really love how they broke the foundational skills into the different D5 choices and really explained their way of doing it. There was so much in this chapter I am only going to pick 2 of my favorites.
Read to Someone
EEKK (Elbow, Elbow, Knee, Knee)
This is one of my favorites to teach the kids. I just love EEKK!! You wouldn't think that students would sit any other way, but I have had kids with their backs to each other or one laying down and the other sitting. I mean good grief! You are supposed to be working TOGETHER. There was a new thing that I liked about EEKK. They said the kids could sit EEKK on the floor OR in chairs. This was another one of those rule breaker things I was doing. I felt relieved that I would be doing that no more.
How to Get Started
I cannot tell you how many times I would look up from my small group and see a group of kids with all of their books from their boxes playing "eeny meeny" to choose which book they would read first. While that was a fair way to choose it took FOREVER and books always got mixed up. It made be crazy!
Here is a list of suggestions:
Good Manners- this one is my favorite because I am BIG on good manners in my class, so I plan of encouraging this one.
Let's Make a Deal
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Youngest First
Alphabetical Order
Like I said their is a TON of info in these 2 chapters. I seriously only skimmed the surface. I really encourage you to pick the book up and read these chapters over and over. I know I will!
I also created this Check for Understanding freebie. This is included with the I Pick bookmark. I recommend printing and laminating back to back.
Enjoy!
~Stacey
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