The Daily Five (Paperback)

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Do you love teaching but feel exhausted from the energy you expend cajoling, disciplining, and directing students on a daily basis? If so, you'll want to meet “The Sisters”, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. Based on literacy learning and motivation research, they created a structure called The Daily Five which has been practiced and refined in their own classrooms for ten years, and shared with thousands of teachers throughout the United States. The Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks (reading to self, reading with someone, writing, word work, and listening to reading) which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals.

This book not only explains the philosophy behind the structure, but shows you how to carefully and systematically train your students to participate in each of the five components.

Explicit modeling practice, reflecting and refining take place during the launching phase, preparing the foundation for a year of meaningful content instruction tailored to meet the needs of each child.

The Daily Five is more than a management system or a curriculum framework; it is a structure that will help students develop the habits that lead to a lifetime of independent literacy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers; 1 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571104291
• ISBN-13: 978-1571104298
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #958 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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100 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, practical buy even for experienced teachers!, January 17, 2007

By	C. Bennett (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I purchased this book and read it within a few hours. This book is cleary written, conscise, not full of jargon, and truly written for the classroom teacher to implement effectively. I teach 1st grade and can easily transition my students into this routine. The authors offer practical advice regarding teaching of behaviors, management, assessment, and references for further reading and research. What a refreshing change from dense, heady teacher-reading! An ASSET to any professional library (literacy teacher or elementary teacher)!

61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Daily 5, July 24, 2006

By	Victoria S. Peterson (San Angelo, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The ideas and lesson procedures discussed in this book are very beneficial to teachers who incorporate balanced literacy components throughout their daily curriculum decisions. The discussion of muscle memory and how to build the students' stamina for longer periods of independent work are clearly laid out for the reader. A sample schedule that shows how to include daily lessons in the beginning weeks of school to build this stamina are detailed in the appendix. I would recommend this book for any teacher who wants to improve students' independent work time.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Daily Five helps move even the youngest learner to greater independence!, July 21, 2007

By	Jan, the Reading Teacher "Jan" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

Read and implement this! This would definately help you start you classroom off on the right pace to more independent learners without getting into the paper trap of worksheets, worksheets , worksheets! Gail's ideas to increase independence from gradual release of responsibility would help all students learn more and also permit you to teach in the smaller groups for greater differentiation.