Hi Lisa, The reason I said it was the most powerful, is that as a teacher - I have always done DEAR time (drop everything and read). Some kids read, and some kids played. I guess I didn't spend enough time picking books, modeling what good reading looks like, really talking about why we read (many children didn't think reading was fun), and modeling it myself. Daily Five helps build stamina for reading. I called it my Stamina Reading time. It builds each day and I just found that doing it this way, kids read more, looked forward to reading, really read, and it actually did build stamina. So many times, if I didn't get to it - they would beg me to Do STAMINA reading. At 1:20 in the afternoon, I could say get your book boxes and lets do Stamina Reading and my room would turn into complete silence, with all kids reading. I do not have a large room with all those carpet spaces, lamps, chairs, etc. Our fire code inspector took all that away. I do have floor space and a small carpet, but most students had to sit at their desks. We modeled that you couldn't be in your desk, touch someone else's desk, have eye contact, etc. This was all on the anchor chart which I reviewed a lot until it was totally a habit. We modeled like the book said, correct, incorrect behavior, etc. I also took our training time to read from the student book boxes. It gave me time to see what they were reading and I really enjoyed it. I also could engage in our sharing time after Stamina reading. This is when we talked about connections, favorite parts, questions, etc. - any MOT strategy. Students were allowed to mark pages with sticky notes during Stamina time - as long as the sticky notes were out prior to starting. They really got the routine down and it was powerful because many people I teach with, said kids can't read in the afternoon.
Anyone who walked in my room during this time, had to read, too (including administrators, literacy coaches, etc.). Everyone was amazed at how on task these kids were and also how much they shared after we finished. The book has great lessons on how to pick books, what the room looks like, etc. Hope this helps, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Szyska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) Daily Five > Linda, > What, in your opinion, makes this "the most powerful?" > How is it different from what you did before? > > Thanks! > Lisa > 2/3 IL > > --- Linda Buice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I started using the Daily Five last year for >> independent reading. I followed it exactly, and it >> was the MOST POWERFUL way to do independent reading. >> It really works if you are careful to follow it. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! > Games. > http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
