The Daily 5
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Spelling and The Daily 5
    
Hi!
I was wondering how you teach spelling?
Do you follow any teacher resources?
Writer's Workshop Additional?
    
Hello!
Do you do Writer's Workshop in addition to the Daily 5?
Do you have any other Language Arts time slots (handwriting, spelling, etc.)?
Thanks ...
Group vs. independent work
    
If meeting with a guided reading group happens while the rest of the class is working on writing or reading to self, do the students in your group miss ...
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 ...
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 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!
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Half Day Kindergarten and The Daily 5
    
Can I do The Daily 5 with half-day kindergarten?
What would you change, modify, eliminate?
Thanks!
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"...
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?
Scheduling issues
   
My principal has given the teachers at our school The Daily 5 and suggested using it next year.
My schedule from last year included Reading, Writing,...
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