Having the responsibility of choosing their own rotation and activity gives students the incentive to really focus on that task for the entire time as they selected it!
They have four rotations to choose from: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing or Word Work and Listen to reading. Within each of these rotations students select the particular activity they would like to do in relation to that rotation.
For example, in Work on Writing students may write a narrative, recount their weekend, describe their favourite place, draft a blog comment etc.
In Word Work and Listen to Reading students use words from their word catcher (words they have spelled incorrectly in their writing) to create crosswords, find a words, write in fancy letters, write in the shape of their meaning (spellamadoodle), create their words using scrabble letters etc or play boggle, and then select a book of their choosing from Tumblebooks to listen to (in the photos you will notice them following along with the story on the screen as they listen).
In Read to Self and Read to Someone students read their good fit books either by themself or with a partner and then complete one of four "Book Talk" activities about what they've read.
Students will complete each rotation once per week and track this in their Daily 5 book. Books are also collected to ensure students are on track with their work, although the focus is on building independence in their literacy habits and an enjoyment of literacy.
The fundamental belief behind Daily 5 is that:
Purpose + Choice = Motivation
- increased motivation = increased desire to learn = improved literacy!
What is your favourite rotation? Which activities do you like to do? Why?
Hello Teachers,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy daily 5 because we get to reading, writing and much more but I don't have a favorite activity because I enjoy them all.
from Caitlin