Daily 5 Read to Self – part 2 (Quick Start #2) Work on Writing and Choice (Quick Start #3)

Read to Self, part 2  Have these documents ready to review:  Read to Self  10 Steps to Independence  The First Five Days

Read to Self 3 Ways to Read a Book Revising the I-Chart  What about the kids who aren’t reading yet? Or older ESL students? See “Three Ways to Read a Book Article” and watch Joan discuss a student’s book box.  Video – Watch Gail and students revise the I-Chart for Read to Self

Good Fit Books  Review I PICK Handout  Note: Recommendation to wait to introduce this lesson until later in the year for Emergent Readers  Good Fit Books: Modeling I-PICK (video)

Troubleshooting: Supporting “Barometer Kids”  Read handouts about Barometer Children and then “Think-Pair-Share”  Haha – just kidding and seeing if you are paying attention  See Barometer Children Video – Joan and Alise

Work on Writing  Review Work on Writing Handout  Setting Up a Notebook

What will they write?

Foundations for Success  Setting up a notebook  Deciding where to “sit”  Seeing you write everyday!  Teaching “How to know what to pick…”  Use Read Aloud to get them “thinking”  Brainstorm “what” and “how” to write  Appropriate Word Choice (Word Wall, Notebook Dictionary, etc.)  Teach spelling and mechanics through reading  MODEL and practice the behaviors you want kids to have.

Choice – increasing buy-in and engagement  After building stamina in Writing for several days, introduce Check-In and Choice  Handout: Checking-In – Purpose and Goal Videos:  Adding Choice  Checking In  Debriefing Checking In Process

What needs to be in place to get started?  Book boxes  Quiet signal  Gathering place – brain/body break  Materials for I-charts  What else?

For Next Week  Read to Self can begin the first day of school  Refer to “First 5 Days” Document for planning mini-lessons for Read to Self and Work on Writing.  Let’s just focus on these two areas for the first couple weeks of school…and doing them well.