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Elementary Teacher Resources Blog

Quick, easy and effective elementary teacher resources.



The Daily 5

The Daily 5

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When to update book bins?

When do you find is a good time for your kids to go 'book-shopping' aka find good fit books to store in book bins? Right now I'm using their center

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Daily 5 Book Bins

How many books are in each student's bin? Did they pick them from the library or from books you have in your room? How often do they change the books

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The Daily Cafe

Do you use the Cafe book along with the Daily 5? If so, how do you incorporate it into your day? Thank you

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Spelling words independently

After my model and mini-lesson, the students go to their seats with their journals. They are supposed to draw a picture and write a sentence about the

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Running Records in Kindergarten

If a student is reading the same word incorrectly throughout the book, is that word counted as incorrect every time or just once? Or can the teacher

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Nonstandard Measurement

My Principal is planning to observe me teach a math lesson (measurement- nonstandard) for 45 minutes next week. I have some classroom objects for my

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Picking seats

This is my 2nd year to do Daily 5 in kindergarten and we love it. My kids choose where they want to go for each round which seems to work well. However

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Half Day Kindergarten and The Daily 5

Can I do The Daily 5 with half-day kindergarten? What would you change, modify, eliminate? Thanks

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Question and Answer

Question and Answer - Helpful Tips for Teachers

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Second grade Daily 5

I bought the Daily Five book last summer, read it, and sticky noted it everywhere in the book. My second graders loved the fact that they were teachers

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Daily Five in Kindergarten

My school district embraced the Daily Five philosophy a few years ago. I totally Kindergarten-ized it and use it February through June. It is amazing

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Do we have to go to recess?

I started reading Daily 5 over the summer and while I wanted to get started, I decided to wait. I finally started in November (right after Thanksgiving

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What about Read to Someone and Listen to Reading?

I noticed that you skip 2 parts of The Daily 5. Why did you remove them? Are you going to add them in?

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"Baggy Stories" in the Writing Center

I have gotten lots of pictures of people, children, and animals for the bag called Who?. Lots of pictures of things; balls, hopscotch, pails, swings,

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Morning Woes - Morning Work

I'm having trouble keeping kids engaged with a quality activity as soon as they come into the room. After they arrive, hang their backpacks up,

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Guided Reading

How do I make sure I am effectively running my guided reading circles? At times, I feel like I am not reaching out to help the lowest students.

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Science Centers

Science Centers

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Elementary Lesson Plans

Elementary Lesson Plans

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Routines

Routines - Building structure in your classroom

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