More Daily Five Resources!

As I get ready for my first day of school....which is only 4 days away....I am trying to refine my process of launching the Daily Five and really take my time this year building the foundations before I just go for it!  I learned that there is NO RUSH in pulling small groups right away, it takes time to establish good proceedures and routines to make this successful.  And practice, practice, practice  to build stamina :)

My first important job is to make I-Charts for each one of the Daily Five activities.  After rereading the book by The Sisters that is one step I felt I rushed through.  Found  a picture of what one should look like from Mrs. Maiolo's Classroom Website. 

 

She also has a GREAT form for tracking the kids daily choices that I downloaded and changed to put my name on!

Listening Center - Always a Dilema

I remember that the Listening Center was my favorite when I was in school.  I even would take stories home when I was little from my mom's classroom to listen to....I am dating myself here....on my walkman - the tape player kind!

As a teacher though, I struggle with making this a meaningful activity for my students.  They love to listen to the stories - and we all know why it is good from them to hear stories being read to them.  But then what???  I stumbled across another great blog The Lesson Plan Diva and she has developed some awesome worksheets for the kids to respond too.  From Text to Self Connections to Main Idea, they allow you to take the Listening Center to the next level.

Click below to see what I mean :)

Listening Center Activities