I have had lots of interest in my Daily 5 products over the last few days so thought I would give a quick blog post on my experience with Daily 5. 
It has been a huge part of my literacy programme for the last two years. This year will be my third year using it, this time with Year 3's. Previously I have done in with Year 1s and then Year 1/2 composite. I first came across Daily 5 online and purchased this book 'The Daily 5'. It unpacks it very clearly and highlights how you should implement it in your classroom. If you're looking to get it going in your classroom then start with this. 

My Daily 5 Resources I have created:

Daily 5 Pack: This comes with everything you need to set up Daily 5 in your classroom.
-bunting for each section
-daily 5 sign for each section
-self assessment checklists for each section (filled in one with ideas and empty for your own ideas)
-work on writing templates and examples to be used in work on writing section
-work on writing mini signs (that go with each template and example)

Daily 5 Anchor Charts: These anchor charts are to be used with the Daily 5 programme. Perfect for outlining what the teacher and students need to be doing when using Daily 5 for each section.

Daily 5 Checklist: This checklist is perfect for using in your Daily 5 programme! I use this in my teaching programme and my students love having student agency over their choices! Each student gets their own checklist with the blank square for a picture of them so they know which one belongs to them. Each day in reading they can cross of their choices so you can monitor reading choices.

Daily 5 Checklist (make your own): This checklist is a 'make your own' version of my other Daily 5 Checklist. Here you are able to create your own Daily 5 checklist with your own choice of Daily 5 element icons already made on the template. Not all classes teach the same thing, so you can drag into the checklist what aspects of Daily 5 you will use.

Daily 5 Bundle: This is a combination of all of these resources above but at a cheaper price!!!!

Along with all of that, there are also some Daily 5 slides that I made for a PLD session I ran with some teachers at my school. This summarised everything that I learnt and how others could learn from something I was using in my class. You can find the links to the slide presentation here. 

If you have any questions please email me info@mrspriestleyict.com! If you use any of my resources please tag me in your posts or share your feedback with me! 

So I shared a picture of my QR code wall on my Facebook page and teachers just went nuts! So many emails and messages asking where can they get them from, how do they download them, where can they make their own?

QR codes are amazing little things that take students to a specific web page, URL or place on the internet that you want them to view, listen to or watch. In this specific example, I use it for Listen to reading in my literacy programe. I created 10 books that my students LOVED into QR codes and downloaded the Dr Seuss ones from an educator off Twitter, Sara Malchow. 

Since creating these at the beginning of the year, students are so independent finding and listening to the books they love. And when they have been around for awhile, I can quickly create some more with new books!

Bitmojis the latest faze to sweep the internet and of course classrooms! What is Bitmoji you ask? Bitmoji is this cute little avatar that you make of yourself and generates hundreds of pictures with sayings, actions and quotes that you can use! Ideally you make the Bitmoji character look like yourself. But you can customize it in any way with hair, makeup, skin, clothes and even body shape!

I've done a post before on some of the ways I use Bitmoji in the classroom but really wanted to focus on how others use it in this post! If you're interested in reading it find the link here. It shares some of my own Bitmoji resources that I have made and how I use it in the classroom.

So here we go.....How others from across the world use Bitmoji in their classrooms! Thanks to the educators for their ideas!

​I made some “Caught being good” tickets before Christmas. The kids loved them!

Bitmoji flexible seating expectations
Bitmoji display on listening
Bitmoji class jobs
Bitmoji introduction sign
Bitmoji when to interrupt group time display

Thanks Mr J's learning space for the ideas and picture examples. 

1. A fun, exciting classroom with cool places to sit
I always mix my room up every term just to keep things different, add work, send work home and try new things! The first day after the holidays is always the most exciting as they work out where things are, which placement I went with and if their ideas had been used. Not everyone gets what they want, but there is usually something exciting that will get them amped to be back! 

What 7 year olds say:
"I like it when our room has different places to sit. Like when we're being good and we can sit on the bench".
"The bench is nice. I like to lie down when Mrs Priestley isn't watching".
"I like the sharing chair. This is a cool chair. It's only for sharing time but still cool".
"I like my class to have work hanging up and have it all around the room".

2. Calendar Maths
I was really surprised they voted this the second most important thing in the classroom! I triple checked they didn't want to vote anything else but no, it was Calendar Maths. It will probably be explained more in their comments....

What 7 year olds say:
"Calendar maths is really important. We do it everyday. So if you don't practice it then you won't get brainy. Or learn the calendar".
"Mrs Priestley said Calendar maths is important so you need to do it".
"If you don't practice Calendar maths then you won't know about the calendar and that wouldn't be good when you are an adult".

3. A fun and kind teacher
I definitely think I should be number one on this list (hahahaha). No need to pass comment here...look at what they say!

What 7 year olds say:
"Teachers need to be fun and silly. Like make funny faces and not be grumpy all the time".
"I like it when Mrs Priestley dresses up, she always has fun with us".
"I like it when my teacher is kind and helps me. This makes me try harder in my learning"

4. Seesaw
I think this one might be partly my doing with how much I push this and use this within my classroom! My students can see how important it is - part of the classroom and everything we do. This Seesaw wall was up as part of our classroom set up the whole year, with parts added to it once discussed or introduced. 

What 7 year olds say:
"We use Seesaw everyday."
"I like using Seesaw to show my mum and dad what I do at school."
"I like Room 11 because we use Seesaw a lot but last year I didn't. I want to use it all the time"

5. Book boats and QR codes for listen to reading
This one was a tie and no matter what I said the students just wouldn't choose one! They thought they were both equally important to our classroom and things we must have in class! So here we are - book boats (to read and complete work in) and QR codes for listen to reading (part of Daily 5 in reading). 

What 7 year olds say:
"Book boats are the coolest thing!"
"I like the book boat because I can sit it in and people can't distract me because i'm inside it."
"You need the QR codes for listen to reading. How do you listen if you don't have anything to listen to?"
"I like the QR codes because they are our favourite books".