Daily Five What’s the Difference?: Key Materials, Concepts, and Routines for Launching the Daily Five

When we follow routines day after day, our students can use their energy to grow as readers and learners rather than to figure out what we expect them to do. And we in turn, can focus our energy on teaching, not managing, our independent learners. -- Kathy Collins

Key routines, materials and concepts Establishing a gathering place for brain and body breaks. Developing the concept of “good-fit” books through a series of lessons. Creating anchor charts with students for referencing behaviors.

Key routines, materials and concepts . . .cont’d Short, repeated intervals of independent practice Calm signals and check-in procedures Using the correct model/incorrect model approach for demonstrating appropriate behaviors

Gathering Place To signal a shift in activity and thinking Open space large enough for whole class to sit together Chart rack and whiteboard Anchor charts Poem and song charts Overhead projector BRAIN AND BODY BREAK

“Good-Fit” Books Shift from 95% to 99% accuracy for a “good-fit” Compare book selection to shoe selection Shift from “survival” reader to lifelong reader

Anchor Charts The visible learning makes up the tapestry of the year and the decorations of the classroom. Hence all work is kept and constantly referred to.

Short Intervals of Repeated Practice Three external memory systems: Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Memory stored in the kinesthetic evokes the longest memory. If a child, even one, goes off-task during practice time, the signal should be given to stop.

Signals and Check-in Getting children’s attention in a calm and respectful manner can make or break the tone of a classroom. Often we assume that children know how to rejoin the whole group in a timely manner. Effective instruction is about developing learners who actively and independently monitor and regulate their own learning.

Correct Model/Incorrect Model Modeling is a concept every teacher is familiar with, but often it doesn’t receive the priority or time it deserves. We move slowly to eventually move fast.