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Daily 5 Classroom Structure
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Literacy Daily 5
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What is Literacy Daily 5?
Daily 5 is a literary structure that teaches independence and gives children the skills needed to create a lifetime love of reading and writing. It consists of five tasks that are introduced individually. When introduced to each task, the children discuss what it looks like, sounds like, feels like to engage in the task independently. Then, the children work on building their stamina until they are successful at being independent while doing that task.
Five Tasks of Literacy Daily 5
Read to Self
- Students read independently.
Work on Writing
- Students write independently.
Read to Someone
- Students read and listen to another student.
Listen to Reading
- Students listen to audiobooks while tracking words.
Word Work
- Students use different materials to practice spelling words.
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Math Daily 5
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What is Math Daily 5?
Similar to Literacy Daily 5, Math Daily 5 is a classroom structure that teaches independence and helps to create a lifetime love for doing math. Math Daily 5 consists of five tasks and the students are introduced to each task individually. Both Daily 5 structures are highly engaging to students and allows them to have a choice in how they want to practice concepts.
Five Tasks of Math Daily 5
Math By Myself
- Students practice old and current concepts of math individually through the use of games.
Math Writing
- Students write about their thinking process in math.
Math With Someone
- Students practice math concepts using math games with a partner.
Math Technology
- Students practice math concepts on a computer.
Math Fact Fluency
- Students practice their math facts at their own pace and level of understanding.
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Expectations for Daily 5
- Students are free to choose where they sit when they are respectful, safe, and responsible.
- Students can sit where they are focused, productive, and comfortable.
- Students will keep their space clean and organized.
- An adult can move anyone at anytime.
In the Classroom, we practice these behaviors:
- Stay in one spot
- Get started right away
- Work quietly
- Work the whole time
- Build good stamina
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Daily 5 At Home
These videos were created by the co-creator of the Daily 5 (a structure I use in the classroom). This resource is intended to help your child build independence in reading at home. Once your child is comfortable reading independently, you can start adding other activities such as math and writing, which would follow the same structure.
