3rd grade daily 5 stations

Classroom Tested Resources: Daily 5 in my Upper Elementary Classroom

Daily 5 anchor chart.

As a fifth grade teacher, I was excited and hopped on the bandwagon of the Daily 5 in 2010. I loved the structure, loved the purposeful activities, and loved how it seemed that my students were engaged from the get go. But as the first few weeks of establishing routines, and building stamina came to a close, I noticed that not all of my fifth graders were engaged or using their time wisely with all the choices. I knew right away that changes had to be made. When looking at The Daily 5, I…

Happy Summer Break, friends! I hope this post finds you well, breathing deeply, and enjoying some time to refresh and relax. Of course, in between all this relaxing, you *might* be considering next year. You may not (kudos to you!) but if you are, I wanted to share how I begin training my 1st grade...

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Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students are subject to end of year, high-stakes testing for the first time. Fluency is not tested on these exams, students have

When I started at my new school last year, I came into a new reading program. I was used to doing almost all of my reading instruction WHOLE CLASS, but my school uses a guided reading model all the way up to 5th grade. I definitely had to rethink my reading block! I had done centers in the past, but wanted a really clear way to maximize the time and make the transitions clear for the students. Here's how I do my guided reading block! ROTATIONS We have Guided Reading/Centers Monday-Thursday…

Reading fluency centers that will help students grow as fluent readers independently! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Great reading center activity for a read to someone station, or just a weekly reading center in an elementary reading classroom.

Here's another link up. I tried to do something similar with the Assess Me Linky with the Tattooed Teacher. But this one is different., this one you have to write a list of all the things you want to write in the future. It'll be nice to see what others have and maybe grab some ideas. I know I always need help with my brainstorming before writing a blog post. So here goes my list. Here's my list!! I really hope this is a hit, share on your blog please! Enjoy your Sunday! I'm back to work…