Today was our third day together. The students have been working very hard and are settling in to their new classroom and routines. The 1/2/3s are doing an especially good job of building their stamina during Read to Self.
Read to Self is a part of Daily 5. During Daily 5 we practice reading, writing, and word work so that we can become better readers and writers. We start with one of the five activities (Read to Self is first) and then gradually add the other four as we build our stamina and independence.
During Read to Self we have a chance to read “Good Fit” books that we get to choose. To help us be successful during Read to Self and to become independent we made an I Chart together(the “I” stands for Independence) of what it will look like in our class during Daily 5. During Daily 5 we will:
- Pick a “Good Fit” spot
- Get started right away
- Stay in one spot
- Read the whole time
- Get into “The Zone”
- Build our stamina
We made a short video to show you what a great job we are doing. We hope you like it!
So far we have built 7 minutes of stamina. As soon as we have built 10 minutes of stamina we will get to add the next piece of Daily 5!
That sounds absolutely fantastic! DJ says he really likes the car book! It is cool.
Dear Mrs. Watson’s Class,
We loved watching the video of you reading. It was soooo quiet in your classroom. We also noticed that you have a couch. We think you’re so lucky. We liked your rug that was a map of Canada. If we had a rug like that we would have a map of the United States on it.
In reading we are also working on improving our stamina. We are also trying to pick “Just Right Books” to read during reading workshop. In our class if the students fill out their at home reading calendar we get to bring in cozy things and read the morning away. Do you ever do anything like that?
Your reading friends,
Mrs. Lance’s Class
Dear Mrs. Lance’s Class,
What a nice surprise it was to get another comment from you! We love reading in our class and we’re excited that you do too. What kinds of books do you like to read. We are making a video about the books we are reading. It will be on our blog later today. We learned about Good Fit books yesterday! We have so much in common! We don’t have Home Reading Logs.
Your friends,
Mrs. W and the K/1/2/3s