If you have been following my blog posts lately, I am writing about the different compoents of the Daily 5 and how the first 5 days of each component can look in the classroom! So today...I am writing about...WORD WORK! *I can feel your excitement!* :)
Word
Work is the center where students work on developing their skills in phonics
and grammar with meaningful and purposeful work.
This
work should consist of many different kind of work that can be hands-on,
differentiated, and targeted towards the phonics and grammar standards that
students are learning
in their Readers’ Workshop time. Students
can work to complete this center
in a small group setting or they can
work independently. Putting in hands-on
activities in this center can make
it much more enjoyable for the students. You can even crossover different
subjects into this center.
Stephanie at 3rd Grade Thoughts and Reagan at Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits have many
awesome resources for Word Work
depending on your grade level.
First 5 Days of Word Work
Day #1:
Surprise, suprise! I will bring all my students to a whole group lesson about the expectations of Word Work. We will create another T-Chart together about what it looks like the when the "Students" are practicing Word Work and what the "Teacher" is doing during this time. I will take a few moments to model what I want those expectations to look like, then I have the class model and practice those same expectations. I then partner them up (just for practice) and have them go about into the room to find a place with their partner so we can practice our stamina. We also graph this stamina. When in 1st grade I started with 3 minutes but in 3rd grade we start with 5-6 minutes.**You may notice that my friends in the picture are not necessarily sitting in the EEKK position, this was taken later on in the year after they had been practicing Read to Someone for quite sometime. :)
Day #2-5:
These last 4 days and on are usually just spent working on building our stamina. If I ever see any of the paired students not following the expectations we have set for Read to Someone, I will either bring them back over to review the expecations or I can just correct it right there. Either way, if we don't meet our stamina goal for the day, we try again the next day until we reach our ultimate goal of 20 minutes!
When implemented with fidelity, Daily 5 is amazing tool to use during your independent practice time inside your literacy block. I will be posting more about the last 3 componenets of the Daily 5 framework very soon! :)
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