We have been working on building our reading stamina each day during "Read to Self" time. The students understand that the 10 ways they are going to get better at reading is to: read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read. As a class we created a poster of expectations that remind the students of what "read to self" time should look like and sound like in order for it to be a successful learning opportunity for all of our students. This part of our day also provides the teachers with time to meet one-on-one with students or work in small groups.
The "Daily 5" is a literacy structure that teaches independence in a differentiated learning environment that focuses on developing individual student goals for building comprehension of text, accuracy with applying reading strategies, and fluency when reading a variety of good fit texts. It is a structure that also develops student's word building knowledge and writing skills. It consists of 5 tasks that are introduced individually. When each task is introduced, students will participate in a discussion about what it will "look like" and "sound like" to engage in the task independently. The students will then work on building their stamina until they are successful at being independent while doing that task. When all five skills are introduced and the students are independently engaged in reading and writing activities, we as teachers are able to work in small groups and confer one on one with each of our students. This structure is effective, the results are amazing and the students are excited about their Daily 5 time. The daily 5 tasks are: 1) Read to Self, 2) Work on Writing, 3) Word Work, 4) Read to Someone and 5) Listen to Reading. This week we began to practice "Read to Self." There are a lot of components to engaging in successful "read to self" time that were discussed as we prepared our students for their journey into their "read to self" task. We developed an i-chart as a reminder of these expectations that we can refer to often. Not all students are ready to pick up a book and begin to read the words so other options for "read to self" time were explored and modelled by the teachers. Students were introduced to the 3 Ways to Read a Book. We would love for you to tell us where your favourite place to read is when you are doing "read to self." Please tell us in the comment section of this blog post.
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