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Daily 5: Beliefs & Principles

There are several Beliefs & Principles that Daily 5 LIVES by! These are super important in all aspects of your classroom and should really be thought through before students enter your room. Trust & Respect – “Trusting children is the underpinning of what makes Daily 5 work.” This is a direct quote from the DailyContinue reading “Daily 5: Beliefs & Principles”

Daily 5: Choices

There are 5 choices (hence the name!) for students during each independent work rotation. They are: Read by Myself, Read with Someone, Word Work, Work on Writing and Listen to Reading. Many teachers have some of these, if not all of these options within their classrooms already, so its not a far stretch. The BIGContinue reading “Daily 5: Choices”

Daily 5: Why & My Schedule

Welcome back! Today I’ll begin explaining Daily 5 within my classroom setting. If you haven’t read Daily 5 by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser, I’m begging you, PLEASE go read it!! It was by far my BIGGEST transformation of my classroom in my 12 years of teaching! Ok… first there are TONS of things thatContinue reading “Daily 5: Why & My Schedule”

Ultimate Battle: Tables vs Desks

Now to be fair… their are benefits to both. Plus you can turn those desks together to make groupings or “tables” if you’d like. In the beginning of my career, I was at a school that ONLY had desks… even for Kinders… If you can’t tell, I am NOT a fan of Desks! Ok, okContinue reading “Ultimate Battle: Tables vs Desks”

Library Tour… Continued!

Now… I know most teachers LOVE books, and I’m one of them! BUT I didn’t want ALLLLL of my books to be an overwhelming endeavor for my kiddos, so I have a bit of my library kind of spread across my room. I think it makes it more approachable for the kids and also itContinue reading “Library Tour… Continued!”

Classroom Tour!

Every teacher likes a good classroom tour! It inspires us, intrigues us and sometimes even energizes us to try something different or new! I’m going to start off my tour with something EVERY classroom should have: a Class Library!!! Here’s Mine: Now, I teach Kindergarten, so my students need to be able to manage myContinue reading “Classroom Tour!”