2nd grade daily 5 stations

We're sharing how we set up for Daily 5 rotations! Come check out our pictures and grab FREE resources! Expectations Posters Here's our take on the Daily 5 expectation posters! We keep these posters hanging in the room all year. In the beginning of the year, we continually refer to the posters as kiddos learn the rules and expectations of the Daily 5 routines. After Winter Break, we like to refer back to the posters. After a busy holiday season and a bit of time out of school, the review is…

If you’ve read my blog before, you probably know that I use a Daily 5 structure to organize our reading time. I love the freedom, choice, and time spent reading/writing it offers my students. One of the most common questions/comments is “My students can’t handle choice. I’m doing Daily 5 just without the choice. My...

Ideas for each of the daily five rotations

This is my 5th year using The Daily 5 in my classroom. Launching The Daily 5 is what I look forward to the most each fall. In this post I am going to explain how I manage The Daily 5 in my 2nd grade classroom. (The I-Chart templates are from Mrs. Jones' Creation Station.) 1. Read to Self Read to Self is the first activity I introduce to my students. I purchased my book bins from Really Good Stuff. They aren't the cheapest option, but they are well worth the money. I allow my students to have…

Daily 5 Anchor Charts

Have you heard of or are interested in trying Daily 5 centers for your literacy block? Quite honestly, I was SUPER-DEE-DUPER scared to try this when I had first heard of it many years ago. Now, I would never go back to my traditional reading centers! Why? Because kids like the consistency of Daily 5 every day. They know exactly what to do. They know where all the materials are. They know my expectations for them. They feel confident in themselves. And it makes them better readers and…

Activities that boost fluency all year long…and that you only have to prep once!

A lot of people have asked what my daily schedule looks like, so here's a little peek at how things run in my class. I'm starting by explaining how I do Daily 5 since that program gives my day its main structure.

Centers are the hallmark of my classroom. Call them whatever you want: purposeful practice, rotations, stations…whatever they are to you. They are IMPORTANT. Without a solid center routine, your small group instruction is disrupted and disjointed. Without a solid center routine, your literacy bloc

Hey Friends! I have been SO impressed with the comments left on these posts- thank you so much! The winner from the last post is... This is a fun comment- thanks Deb! :) Here we go... Let me first show you how I store my word work: I got this at Target for like $25 I think. I like having the large drawer at the bottom to hold the bigger stuff. I had cutesy labels for each drawer but they kept ripping so my FAB aide from a few years ago made these for me and they are holding up beautifully…