Chapter+6

__ The Daily 5- Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades __ Gail Boushey and Joan Moser Stenhouse Publishers, Portland, Maine 2006

Work on Writing and Word Work
 * Chapter 6 **

A lot of this chapter was repetition from the other chapters as far as "I" charts and modeling the correct behaviors and procedures for this component of The Daily Five. This chapter felt a little slim to me.

Some questions I was left with after chapter 6 were:

What, if any, teacher oversight of what is written during this module? What does partner writing look and sound like?

The "Word Work" component of The Daily Five seemed more similar to a traditional center than the other stations.

I was thinking that the 'Word Work' portion of D5 could be used to complete the daily 'Words Their Way' independent practice. A sample weekly schedule might look like this: On Monday they could review the previous week's sort while the teacher calls spelling groups to introduce their new words for the week; on Tuesday they could practice their current sort (in the workbook, on the computer, or on the SMARTBoard); on Wednesday they could write and sort their words in the workbook or in their spelling notebook; on Thursday they could find similar words in text and write them in their spelling notebooks; and on Friday they could play a sorting game while the teacher gives the spelling test to spelling groups.

Would this contributer please share this idea with staff at our first fac meeting?

I sure can - Nicki