tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post6274560576898706709..comments2024-03-29T01:15:55.571-05:00Comments on The Idea Backpack: How do you create a Literacy Rich Classroom?April Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001622249478503557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-23319266538343529942012-07-19T16:01:28.061-05:002012-07-19T16:01:28.061-05:00Hi April! I use Daily 5 and Cafe in my class this...Hi April! I use Daily 5 and Cafe in my class this year and I struggle to fit all 5 rotations in so we usually do daily 3/4. Our literacy session is also only 2 hrs but we also have a morning assembly and when you take out the time for getting ready for learning in the morning it works out to be about 1 hr 45 minutes. To try and fit more in I have had to take out the mini lessons and I set Monday as a whole group learning time to introduce new concepts, spelling rules and grammar. The students then complete activities related to these in Word Work and Work on Writing. Probably not an ideal way to use daily 5 but this is how I have had to use it in my current school. I think if you are engaging your students daily in quality literacy activities and really targeting the students who need support it really doesn't matter how you structure the sessions. The other thing I have been thinking about is how your different cohorts may affect how you structure your sessions, the group I have this year are very settled and I don't really have any behaviour issues (shocking I know),so they can focus for quite a long time. The group I had last year were very different, they needed to move regularly and required alot more challenging activities. I also use alot of audio books online for my Listen to Reading. I think like many other things we use in our classrooms you will tweak it and adapt what works best for you and your group. Good luck with it!<br />Tania<br /><i><b><a href="http://www.poultneytania.blogspot.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Mrs Poultney's Ponderings</a></b></i>Classroom Ponderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945057688474138280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-87830249463673777002012-07-19T13:41:54.236-05:002012-07-19T13:41:54.236-05:00You just made me think that I need to go to our Co...You just made me think that I need to go to our County's largest library to look for children's books. I'm working on a donor's choose for some non fiction books for my library. Last week when I organized and sorted all my books I realized how few non fiction books on their level I had. <br /><a href="http://mskerriandherkrazykindergarten.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ms. Kerri and her Krazy Kindergarten</a>Kerri Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924383425982816680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234520836855164054.post-49896955736431050642012-07-19T13:20:05.081-05:002012-07-19T13:20:05.081-05:00Lots of great thoughts. I haven't read CAFE (...Lots of great thoughts. I haven't read CAFE (it's on my list), but I've been using Daily 5 for several years now. Your comment about spelling grabbed my attention though. I don't do spelling tests. My kids have individualized spelling lists, and their "test" is their daily writing. If they don't spell their particular words correctly in their everyday writing, the words go back on their list again. Oh, and those are the words that they spend most of their time studying during the word work part of Daily 5.<br />❀ Tammy<br /><i><b><a href="http://foreverin1st.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Forever in First</a></b></i>Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053983168084838303noreply@blogger.com