I'm going to look into the Daily 5- Thanks for the suggestion. And as far as the center activites go- I have academic times for guided reading centers, and then "centers" which revolve mostly around play and creative exploration.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Melissa Kile <[email protected]> wrote: > The Daily 5 is just for my literacy block. I teach 2nd grade, so we don't > do > other center activities. When I taught K (for 21 years, up to a couple > years > ago), I had a literacy center block AND a "free choice" center block (art, > painting, blocks, legos, explore table, etc). Sometimes those centers > included an academic activity or connection. > > I have a colleague in K that has modified D5 a bit for the little ones, but > her D5 time is separate from center time. > > When I taught 1st, they occasionally had K-type centers as part of their > reading contract. > > You can see that I've tried various management systems--Daily 5 beats them > all for ease of management and kids' independence. Love it!! > Melissa/VA/2nd > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Susan Cronk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do they get to play and build in blocks, work at a water table, dress up, > > have a writing center with all kinds and sizes of paper, mini books, > > markers, pencils, gel pens for creative writing??? > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Courtney Cook <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I currently teach kindergarten. I am wondering what independent lessons > > > would benefit my students when I am working with another group. So far > I > > > have students copy the morning message ( filling in the missing > letters); > > > make weekly picture dictionaries (using a current theme we are > studying); > > > glue poems in order and underline any sight words or rhyming words; > > listen > > > to books on tape; and complete a word family packet. What else could I > > > have > > > them do that could work for the variety of levels in my classroom?? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
