Managing Daily 5

Managing Daily 5 is not easy -- every teacher who is doing Daily 5, I'm sure, has found how difficult letting go and giving the students full responsibility is. 

I have spent hours looking for resources, mostly browsing Pinterest, and have tried and tested many.  I've also made my own that I use.

I bought this Smartboard program from Jaime Locke on her TPT store:

 

I love it, because I can put groups who are working with me up there before the kids come in, and the other students can pick what they want to do.

 

When we are doing guided writing together, I can have it set up so everyones names are already where I want them to be.

And some days I block off certain activities - like on Mondays when we do Read to Self, Word Work, and both our writing.  I also changed the "Teacher" to "Writer's Workshop" because we are doing that everyday, and when I work with students, whether for guided reading, guided writing or conferencing, I tend to pull students for less than the set 22 minutes and want them to know what they are going to do when we are done.

 

To go to Jamie's TPT store and purchase this click {HERE}

 

I also created a Management Sheet for the students, where they colour what Daily 5 activities they've done each day.  One sheet has a whole month on it, so it's not too much paper and it's a quick and easy way for the students to see what they've done so far in the week, and what they still need to do.  My students have to do Writer's Workshop and Working on Writing everyday, Read to Self 4x a week and Word Work 3x a week.  The rest is their choice. 

 

You MUST do Writing and Writer’s Workshop every day.  You must do Read to Self 4x a week and Word Work 3x a week. 

The other 3 x you can choose between Read to Someone and Listen to Reading.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self
Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing
Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop
Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work
Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading
Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self
Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing
Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop
Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work
Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading
Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self
Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing
Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop
Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work
Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading
Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self	Read to Self
Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing
Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop	Writer’s Workshop
Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work	Word Work
Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading	Listen to Reading
Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone	Read to Someone

To download this Management Sheet click {HERE}

 

For my own records, I am still trying different sheets to keep track of what the students have done, but I think this is the one I will stick with.  It is simply checking off what they've done each day.  And since I only have 9 students now from grade 2-4 doing Daily 5, I can fit a few days on each piece of paper. 

 

Record Sheet for ____________________________________ (day)
Name	Read to Self	Writer’s Workshop	Work on Writing	Word Work	Listen to Reading	Read to Someone

 

To check out my Teacher Record Sheet click {HERE}

 

Finally, I made a self-assessment for the students to complete every few days.  I tell the students to be honest, and I also fill one out on the SmartBoard as an example and talk about why I am giving myself each score.  They check off which activities they did that day and add up their score.  The next day, I remind them to think about what they scored low on the day before and to work on that today.

 

How did you do at Daily 5 today? Name:                                          Date:
Did you…	1	2	3
Get right to work?	I did not get right to work.	It took me a few minutes to get to work.	I got right to work.
Stay focused and work the whole time?	I did not stay focused the whole time.	I was a little unfocused, but remained focused most of the time.	I was completely focused the whole time.
Complete quality work?	I did not complete quality work.	I completed some quality work.	I completed quality work.
Speak academically, not socially?	I spoke socially rather than academically.	I spoke socially by accident a few times, but spoke academically most of the time.	I spoke academically the entire time.
Read to Self ___	Read with a Partner ___	Listen to Reading ___	Work on Writing ___
Work on Words ___	Writer’s Workshop   ___	Guided Reading   ___	Total    _____ / 12

 

For my Student Self-Assessment on the Daily 5 click {HERE}