The Daily Five

The Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks -- reading to self, reading with someone, writing, word work, and listening to reading -- that students complete while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals.

This book provides the philosophy behind this structure as well as strategies to train students to participate in each of the components. Explicit modeling, practice, reflecting and refining help to prepare the foundation for a year of meaningful content instruction tailored to meet the unique needs of each child.

More than a management system or framework, The Daily Five will help students to develop the daily habits of reading, writing and working with peers that will lead to lifelong literacy independence.