What is Daily Five?
The Daily Five is a literacy structure that allows for differentiation in the classroom and provides consistency. It is an integrated literacy instruction and classroom management system for use in reading and writing workshops. It is a system of five literacy tasks that teaches students independence.
5 Tasks of The Daily Five
1. Read to Self
2. Read to Someone
3. Work on Writing
4. Listen to Reading
5. Word Work
Read to Self
Students should:
- Read the whole time.
- Stay in one place.
- Read quietly.
- Work on stamina.
- Get started right away.
Read to Someone
Reading with someone helps students read independently and grow as readers. It also increases:
- Volume of reading
- The level of attention to reading
- Reading motivation
- Fluency
- Reading rate
- Word attack skills
- The love of reading
Listen to Reading
Listening to books develops language fluency. Students should:
- Get out materials
- Listen to the whole story
- Follow along with pictures and/or words
- Stay in one spot
- Listen quietly
- Get started quickly
- Put materials away neatly
Work on Writing
Working on writing provides students with time to spend on writing things that interest them. Typically this writing extends the writing program already used.
- Persuasive writing
- Friendly letters to classmates
- Recount narratives
- Poetry
Word Work
Focus on spelling and vocabulary words during this time. Working on words is critical to developing readers, writers, and communicators. Students will:
- Experiment with words for learning and practice spelling patterns
- Memorize high frequency words
- Generalize spelling patterns
- Add to the knowledge and curiosity of unique and interesting words.