High Five For Daily Five!
January 27, 2012Ever wonder how you can improve or how you can organize and manage your Daily Five routines more effectively in your classrooms??? This is an area that I struggled with, since the day I began Daily Five in my classroom…So, I came up with a few tools that I would like to share with all of you!! Of course, they are adapted from ‘The Daily Five’ by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser.
The first tool that I created was a quick start guide to Daily Five …
I tried to focus on the important areas of each choice. Key points such as modelling, Anchor Charts/ I-Charts, and other tips that would allow for all of your Firsties to become more independent during your Daily Five lessons…
I love using bright headers/posters to be displayed with my Anchor Charts/I-Charts. I believe that it is important for teachers to create your own Anchor Charts/I-Charts with your students. However, I like to have titles for everything that is displayed in my classroom…so, I adpated these posters.
Students need to know the urgency and why each choice is so important … that is why it is so important to display Why? posters around your Anchor Charts/I-Charts, as well…
It is also very important to have a Daily Five Management Board, so that both you and your students know what choices have been made. I use little cards for each choice,that are placed in a pocket chart.Then the students can place their names where they want to go.We change this after each focus lesson, and before they go to their next choice.
I also have a Student Choice Card, that is cut apart and laminated for each child to use. They can check off their choices for the day, or number the choices that they will be completing for that Daily Five time frame. Easy Write On/ Wipe Off! They can keep these choice cards in their Daily Five Work Folders.
There is also a Student Choice Sheet, for students to record their Daily Five choices for the week. This is kept at the beginning of their Daily Five Work Folders.
Daily Five Management Board & Student Materials
I’m a little OCD when it comes to knowing what the students are working on, so I record where they have been … I just so a little role call … when I can remember…
I hope all of these little goodies help you organize and manage your Daily Five routines more effectively!!!
TGIF!!!!!
****If you have difficulty downloading or viewing any of these documents, please see updated post ..
High Five for Daily Five: Part 2
-Mrs. Leslie
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This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing!
Your work is terrific! Very helpful. Thanks!
I just recently picked up the book The Daily Five and then I found your stuff.! Thank you so much. I am hoping to get started on the right foot next year.
You rock! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you so much for the adorable Daily 5 freebies. You are great!!
Wow! I have been so worried about implementing this, excited, but worried, and you put it all into a nice, neat nutshell for me, thank you!
I LOVE your creations!!! I am starting the Daily 5 in my classroom this year and am researching ideas like crazy. Everytime I click on your links they pull up blurry. Do you have any reccomendations on how to fix this?
WOW! These are marvelous items! Thank you so much for sharing your gifts!
AMAZING!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
Fabulous resources and I look forward to trialing it in my classroom.
Thank you sooooo much for creating all these fabulous resources! You have saved me hours and hours of my precious summer. My goal this year is to implement The Daily Five in my classroom and this will be a HUGE help!
Thank you for your great charts and information! I love the visuals and the accountablitiy part!!
THANKS!!!!Love your site. I’m new to Daily 5
Thanks for sharing. I also would like to have a copy of the why’s and quick start because I’m new to Daily 5 and this would quicken my prep time in a new grade and new classroom.
Just wanted to say that I saw your note about the updated link and found the copies, they are great! Thanks for sharing.
You’re very welcome! Enjoy! Have a great start to the school year!
All of your things are awesome and very helpful. How do you print out the student weekly sheets and the ones for the month?I clicked on the link for management board and materials but only two pictures came up.
Thank you so much for sharing your hard work! I feel much more confident in starting the Daily Five thanks to you!
That is so sweet! You made my day! Have a great start to the new school year!
Thank you so much! I am just starting Daily 5 this year and this helps sooooo much!
Can’t thank you enough for all the wonderful resources you have shared!They will certainly be put to good use as I start using the Daily 5 this year!
You’re welcome!! Have a fabulous start to the school year!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing these great resources. You are so creative!
Thanks for sharing the wonderful resources.