1. Welcome Back! Assignments Daily 5 Journeys Fremont Public Schools
Fall In-Service 2010

2. Today’s Agenda Before Day 1 Literacy Block Schedule and Daily 5
Launching Read to Self
Launching Work on Writing
2:30 Break
Launching Read to Someone
Launching Word Work
Launching Listen to Reading
Merging Daily 5 with Journeys
Grade Level Planning

3. Housekeeping Sitting by Grade Levels May Help
Pacing Guides and Handouts
Post-Its and Tabs
Sweet Treats
Sample I-Charts/Anchor Charts
Display Table
Free Giveaways in the Hallway
Door Prizes 

4. Implementation of Daily 5 Check List BEFORE DAY 1 and Handout #3

5. Before Day 1: Browsing Boxes
Where do you keep the browsing boxes?
- One location against a wall out of the way; under the
chalkboard/whiteboard/Smartboard
- In clusters of 4-5 around the room by desks or bookshelves
- You decide; the most important thing to remember is to have
students keep their browsing boxes in the same location all
year
What do you put in the browsing boxes?
- “Good Fit Books” are books at a child’s
independent reading level. Richard Allington
stated in recent research that a child’s
independent reading level is where they can read
99.9% of the words with 90% comprehension.
- Don’t forget to consider a child’s interests
- 3 Ways to Read a Book; pictures, words, retell

6. Before Day 1: Browsing Boxes
Where do you get materials for browsing boxes?
- classroom library
- old Weekly Readers/Scholastic News/Reading A-Z
- building level Guided Reading libraries; broken
sets with only 1-2 books left
- leveled readers from Scott Foresman series
- discarded materials on the table
When and how do you change the books
in the browsing boxes?
- Handout #4
- Star chart

7. Daily 5/90 Minute Literacy Block Format

8. Daily 5/75 Minute Literacy Block Format

9. Daily 5/Literacy Block Format
90 or 75 minutes will have 3 rounds containing:
Round 1
7-10 minutes of whole group Focus Lesson followed by
15-20 minutes of independent work/teacher doing small group
Round 2
15-20 minutes of independent work/teacher doing
small group
Round 3

10. Sample 90 minute Daily 5/Literacy Block Format

11. Sample 75 minute Daily 5/Literacy Block Format

12. Daily 5/60 Minute Literacy Block Format

13. Daily 5/60 Literacy Block Format
60 minutes will have 2 rounds containing:
Round 1
7-10 minutes of whole group Focus Lesson followed by
20 minutes of independent work/teacher doing small group
Round 2

14. Sample 60 minute Daily 5/Literacy Block Format

15. Launching Read to Self Pacing Guide Day 1-2
Book p

16. Pacing Guide Day 1 3 Ways to Read a Book Read the Pictures

17. Pacing Guide Day 1 3 Ways to Read a Book Read the Pictures

18. Pacing Guide Day 1 3 Ways to Read a Book Read the Pictures

19. Pacing Guide Day 6 Good Fit Books, Handouts #13-17
Primary
Book pages 30-32
Intermediate

20. Launching Read to Self
Intermediate Daily 5 Video
Good-Fit Books Grade 5
Read to Self I-Chart Grade 4; Handout #12
Correct and Incorrect Models
Check-In Grade 3
Minutes of Stamina;
Handouts #5-6

21. Launching Work on Writing Pacing Guide Day 6
Book pages 80-85; Handout #18
From the Journeys series:
Reader’s response journals
Daily writing prompts
Text to Text; Text to Self; Text to World
Grammar
Ready Made Centers
Explore different genre (descriptive, persuasive, poetry, etc.)

22. Launching Read to Someone Pacing Guide Days11-18
Book pages 66-68; Handouts #20-21
Students should sit E-E-K-K
Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee
We’re elbow to elbow
and knee to knee-
we’re reading together,
my buddy and me!

23. Launching Read to Someone Pacing Guide Days11-18
Different Ways to Read to Someone
From The Daily 5 pages 63-64:
I Read, You Read
Choral Read
Reading One Book
Reading Different Books

24. Launching Read to Someone Pacing Guide Days11-18
Check for Understanding, Days 11-16
Book pages 64-65; Handout #22
You read, They retell
You read, You retell
Excellent strategy for
nonfiction
Demonstration volunteers

25. Launching Read to Someone Pacing Guide Days11-18
Coaching or Time, Days 17-18
Book pages 73-75
Two important parts to this strategy:
- reading the words
- comprehension; tie to
meaning
Handout #23
Coaching solidifies these strategies for both students

26. Launching Word Work Pacing Guide Days 19-20
Book pages 85-90; Handouts #24-28
Vocabulary, Spelling
Handwriting, Handout #28
Journeys: blackline masters in
Grab and Go, Practice books, online;
Projectables
Whiteboards, markers, erasers
Boggle, Scrabble, Upwords, Bananagrams
Does anyone have anything to add?

27. Launching Listen to Reading Pacing Guide Days 21-22
Book 76-78; Handouts #29-31
Important for students to hear what fluent reading sounds like
CD, websites, books on tape/CD/MP3/Playaway
Read aloud by classroom teacher

28. Barometer Children Handouts #32-34
Disruptive to class, group, or your teaching
No stamina
Can’t seem to get the routine
Pretend to read
Always need to browse for a book

29. Journeys and Daily 5 Pacing Guide Day 23 Putting it all together
Read to Self
Student Edition
Leveled Readers
Read to Someone
Listen to Reading
Student Book
Audio CD
Work on Writing
Reader’s Response Journal
Vocabulary in Context Cards
Daily Writing Prompt
Grammar
Ready Made Centers
Text to Self/Text/World
Word Work
Phonics
Spelling
Vocabulary

30. Journeys and Daily 5 Pacing Guide Day 23 Basal Stories
Option 1 (90 min)
Round 1 – Read and discuss the story as your whole group focus lesson for the entire round; no small group instruction
Round 2
7-10 minutes Focus Lesson
15-20 minutes Independent work/small group
Round 3

31. Journeys and Daily 5 Pacing Guide Day 23 Basal Stories
Option 2 (90 min)
Round 1
10-15 minute Focus Lesson: Vocabulary
15 minutes
Basal story:
Above: Read to Self
On: Read to Someone
Below: Listen to Reading
Teacher: Small Group
(or any combination)
Round 2
7-10 minutes Focus Lesson
15-20 minutes Independent work/small group
Round 3

32. Daily 5 Observation Guide
Visitors to your classroom will be looking for the following:
I-Charts/Anchor charts
Gathering place
Focus lessons
Students are working
independently
Teacher is in small group

33. Now it’s your turn…….
See if you can plan your first few days of Daily 5/Journeys during your literacy block on your own or with your colleagues.