Today I taught the I PICK lesson using different shoes. The lesson went well and most of the kids are ready to attack my classroom library. This has always been the hard part, teaching them how to select a book within limited time. Obviously, I don't want to rush them but we only have so much time available. It also seems like everyone needs books - even though I put 8 in their box before school began. Does anyone have the same trouble? Any idea? How is your student stamina going? Mine can make 10 minutes and we crumble. I don't know if the book selection is why or the attention span. Tell us about your class. We started work on writing today - 2 minutes. This is normal, third graders don't really know what to do right away, their stamina builds quickly! Are any of you to work on writing yet? Let's get the discussing rolling!
Happy Teaching!
Tammy
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The first 20 days of training
So we are three days into school......have you started the D5 training of your students? Let's start discussing what grade level we are teaching. When we first started the Daily 5 and share why you are wanting to use D5. Bring up any confusions you have or if you have any scheduling questions. Some of you may also be implementing the CAFE boards, if you are - what strategies have you introduced......let me know if none of you are using the CAFE and I will not start discussions on that tool. Lets start blogging!
I will share a little background on myself first.....I teach 3rd grade at Blake, this will be my 3rd year using the Daily 5. I absolutely love it! I started using it because I felt like my reading group rotations were such a waste of time and I needed help with training kids to do what they need to do while I am working with other students. I started D5 on the first day of school this year. We will be learning Ipick on Monday. I use the basal for our 10-15 minute lessons but for small groups/read to self each student reads from their own chosen book that is on their level. On our CAFE board we have introduce, back up and reread and check for understanding.
Happy D5 Instructing
Tammy (aka Bobby Girl)
I will share a little background on myself first.....I teach 3rd grade at Blake, this will be my 3rd year using the Daily 5. I absolutely love it! I started using it because I felt like my reading group rotations were such a waste of time and I needed help with training kids to do what they need to do while I am working with other students. I started D5 on the first day of school this year. We will be learning Ipick on Monday. I use the basal for our 10-15 minute lessons but for small groups/read to self each student reads from their own chosen book that is on their level. On our CAFE board we have introduce, back up and reread and check for understanding.
Happy D5 Instructing
Tammy (aka Bobby Girl)
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