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Home : 2008 : Jun : 13
I tried to do the Daily 5 the way that the book outlined to the letter of the law while incorporating the mini lessons from Debbie Miller at first. Just like any program though, you have to adapt it to your teaching style and the kids you have THAT year. So, the way that I incorporated them was that I took the time to do my whole group phonics and readers workshop mini lessons. Then the kids did 3-4 choices instead of all five. I set up an accountability system so that they didn't just choose to do listening to reading EVERYDAY and never do word work. So my LA block looked like this: Whole group phonics exercise Whole group RW minilesson Teacher and TA pull small groups while students rotate through 3-4 choices. (This is a 1 to 1 1/2 hour block of time, depending on the time of year) This year I plan to have the students make their choices when they first walk in using a pocket chart. Then I plan to set a timer for 15-20 minutes during the rotation time so that when it goes off the kids know to clean up and rotate to their next choice. I just hate to have stop working with my small group if we aren't done yet but I also hate going way over time with one rotation and short changing another. Just as a final note, the biggest thing I learned last year was to really take the time to teach the how YOU want each choice to look. I got impacient and made the process more stressful for myself and the kids than it had to be.
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