How long is YOUR Daily Five? I don't know how the sisters fit the DF along
with writing, math, science, social studies and specials all into the
afternoon. I've done the math and it literally does not add
up to the amount of minutes in the day.
When I saw the sisters at the Colorado reading conference they said that
now they are advocating a Daily 2 or 3 because there isn't time for a daily 5.
They recommended that all students do read to self. They felt ELL students
should do the listening.
After reading the chapter on choice, I realized that the teachers (I must have
missed it somewhere earlier in the book) are assigning which component the
students will be working on. How have you done this?
The students are choosing the activity within the parameters set up by the
teacher. If everyone has to do read to self at some point during the day, the
child chooses which rotation to do read to self. It also depends on how many
spots there are (example - # of headphones available) The teacher records
the student choice on a chart. Depending on the space available and the
structure the teacher has set up, students may not get their first choice at
every rotation.
How do you make sure that each child does all of the components?
If you are doing 2 or 3 rotations a day, then you try to make sure the
students get to a certain number of each activity throughout the week.
Charting the students' choices help you make sure students get to where they
are supposed to go.
If you check their website, it might have information on their latest thinking.
There are some things available without paying the subscription price. I know
a number of teachers that have paid the subscription to the website and love
all the support it has to offer.
Thanks,
Barb
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