I have used Daily 5 for four years now and use it as a basis for my programme. The aspects that are involved are read to self, read to someone, word work, work on writing and listen to reading. I find that all five of these are fundamental parts to practice and learn in reading time, with students building key skills while completing these. I also have a few other rotations included of other things like teacher time, work on ipad, word wall, free play, playdough, lego and crafts. These all make up important aspects of my programme. 
I first began with Daily 5 in 2017 - I had done the research, read the book, scoped for resources before implementing it 'the right way'. It was such a success and since then I have implemented a lot of student agency based choices which came from the daily 5 implementation. 

My reading tumble is more of a choice board now where students can choose what they would like to do in reading time as long as they cross it off on their card. This is to create ownership over their choices and be held accountable for the choices they make in class too. They love being able to choose what they want to do and I love seeing them do it! 

I hope this has helped unpack a little on how reading is run in my classroom. Obviously things might be different this year with my newbies but I know I will be doing Daily 5 again in a basic tumble to begin the year. If you have any questions about how I run reading please get in contact info@mrspriestleyict.com or send me a message over facebook or instagram. 

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1. Prior to reading - the first thing is making sure you have selected the appropriate text based on the sound or grapheme you are focusing on. 
2. Segmenting and blending - this is focusing on the words in the text. Practicing segmenting them out and blending them together. This is practiced continuously to build confidence and skill with the sound. 
3. Tricky words - reading the tricky words as 'fast words'. Lots of reading over them and practicing these so when they are recognised in the text students can say them quickly. 
4. After reading - just like every other guided reading session; talk about the text and have students respond to what was covered. 

I love word work and small snippet activities that get students to practice key skills from your classroom. Being online at the moment, it can be hard finding fun activities that students can practice during your online sessions. These word work hot spots are a great quick way to practice key skills! There are eight in this slide deck that can be used online in whole group discussions, or assigned to Seesaw or Google classroom to complete. 

This weeks sunday spotlight I am sharing this great reading exit slip tracker that you can use with your older kids. Perfect for keeping track of how long they have read for, a part they enjoyed and creating ownership of their learning. This exit slip could be used alongside read to self or read to someone from Daily 5. 

As I have little learners coming to visit every fortnight on a Tuesday, I'm going to use that literacy block to be themed around a picture book. The first one is around the book "Piranhas don't eat bananas". I will have a range of themed activities out along with a task card,  for students to use to play, build and then shared their learning. An example is one in the picture below - a piranha peg!

I can't wait to get this underway this week and will use it to start and see the success of this programme. There are so many opportunities and benefits for structured play in the classroom and linking it to picture books is a fantastic start! I can't wait! 

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.