What's Happening in 2A?: Daily 5

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Daily 5

This summer I took a Daily 5 class along with several other teachers in our building. So...we have decided to restructure our literacy program around the routine of the daily 5. So far your child has been learning about and practicing Read to Self. Hopefully your child has told you about it:) We made an I-chart (I for independence) and listed what the students need to do for read to self and what the teacher needs to do also. I had students show us the right way and wrong way to Read to Self. They thought it was really funny to see kids reading the wrong way!

We have been practicing for five days and have built our stamina up to 5 minutes, hurray!! That means that everyone is able to read quietly and in one place for 5 minutes without any disruptions. What an accomplishment! We plan to continue to work on our stamina and our goal is to make it eventually to 30 minutes. Keep up the great work 2A!

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Comprehension Skills and Strategies

Distinguish Fact and Opinion: Your child learned that facts are statements that can be proved. Opinions are what someone believes. The words I believe, I think, and in my view are clues that someone is expressing an opinion. Most students are able to state a fact; however, opinions are more challenging. Please practice this at home.

Sequence Events: Sequence is the order in which event take place. Clue words such as first, next, then, and last help readers know when events occur. When your child is summarizing have them sequence the events using the clue words.

Make Inferences: This is a strategy that readers use to understand what they are reading. When making an inference, readers need to fill in information that the author did not include. Readers must combine what they know with details from the text.
Pictures and words (text clues) + background knowledge (what we know) = an inference

Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from the text that was read. Step 1: find the main ideas from the selection. Step 2: shorten and combine those ideas.

Categorize and Classify: We can categorize and classify objects, evens, ideas, and characters by how they are alike and how they fit into groups. When students are reading they can find types of things that are similar and group them into the same category.

Monitor Comprehension: Students must ALWAYS monitor their comprehension while they are reading. If they don't understand what was read they need to reread it. When readers are confused they can use "fix-up" strategies. Here is a list of those strategies:
*reread more slowly
*look up words
*read on
*use picture clues
*summarize
*ask for help