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Gail Boushey & Joan Moser (
Year: 2006
136 pp/paper
Grade Range: K-5
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Table of Contents | About the Author(s) | Reviews
Do you love teaching but feel exhausted from the energy you expend cajoling, disciplining, and directing students on a daily basis? If so, you'll want to meet “The Sisters”, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. Based on literacy learning and motivation research, they created a structure called The Daily Five which has been practiced and refined in their own classrooms for ten years, and shared with thousands of teachers throughout the United States. The Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks (reading to self, reading with someone, writing, word work, and listening to reading) which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals. This book not only explains the philosophy behind the structure, but shows you how to carefully and systematically train your students to participate in each of the five components. Explicit modeling practice, reflecting and refining take place during the launching phase, preparing the foundation for a year of meaningful content instruction tailored to meet the needs of each child. The Daily Five is more than a management system or a curriculum framework; it is a structure that will help students develop the habits that lead to a lifetime of independent literacy.
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
Note to Readers
PART ONE: Daily Five Basics
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: From "Management" to "Principled Habits":Foundations of the Daily Five
Chapter 3: What's the Difference? Key Materials, Concepts, and Routines for Launching the Daily Five
PART TWO: The Daily Five in Action
Chapter 4: Read to Self
Chapter 5: Read to Someone and Listen to Reading
Chapter 6: Work on Writing and Word Work
Chapter 7: Putting It All Together and Troubleshooting
Bibliography
Appendix
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About the Author(s)
Gail and her sister Joan (Moser) grew up in a small town and farming community with four other siblings.
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Reviews
Angela Almond, Mosaic list serv - January 2010
"It has revolutionized the way I teach and the reasons and way I assess my students!" Education Review - 2006
"A great book to read just before the beginning of a new school year...[although] the framework can be implemented at any time during the school year." Education Book Review, 2006 Nathalie Melvin (teacher, Dover, DE) - June 2010
"I am a true believer in the framework, and can attest to the difference it is making in the literate lives of our first graders... We are thrilled with the program and look forward to using it in our classroom for many years." Teacher Leaders Network -
"The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades is a great book to read just before the beginning of a new school year." Teacher Leaders Network -
"Imagine sitting around a kitchen table drinking coffee with a few of your favorite literacy experts, along with two enthusiastic sisters who are both teachers and nationally recognized consultants in literacy and 'creating beautiful spaces for learning." The Cornerstone (thecornerstoneforteachers.com) - July 26, 2010
"I’ve never seen the concept so perfectly explained for the context of literacy routines... The procedures the book advocates for teaching children to be independent is applicable to whatever literacy tasks you have them regularly complete."
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