I LOVE using Daily 5. It's all about teaching the kids the procedures for literacy time (although they also have one for math) and building stamina. I can't think of anything I didn't like about it....and my kids loved it, too. I teach second, but I could see using this at any grade level where you need to model how you want the kids to use their literacy time.
You don't have to do all 5 choices each day, either. I used it during my guided reading time, so about an hour of each day involved daily 5 and the other part of my literacy block was more about shared reading, plus a separate writer's workshop. I would imagine at the upper grades (intermediate) you would be able to move quicker through the modeling phase and build stamina quicker, but at my school, I'd want to use this even if I was teaching fifth graders! There is a separate yahoo group just about daily 5. Robin _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
