Daily 5: Working with Words

Last week we started our transition to using the Daily 5 model during our reading centers. I was a little bit worried about how it would go. I was worried about letting go of full control... but it turned out great! Not only are all my centers differentiated... but my room is q-u-i-e-t! Like hear a mouse sneeze quiet. Also, it is so nice to pull students to work in a small group as necessary, instead of having a set schedule.

Here are pictures of how my centers are set up!

Word Work

Read to Someone

Listen to Reading

Read  to Self

Work on Writing

My class is crazy about the new word work centers. The center drawers are divided up into three bug  groups. Each student knows if they are a bee, grasshopper, or ladybug. Their bug level was chosen based on their DRA score. This system of grouping helps students to choose a word work job at their level. They also choose a book for partner reading using their bug level.

Here is a sneak peak of the inside of the drawers!

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Number Bonds

Number bonds are a great way for students to see the part-part-whole representation of addition. This week I have created a matching game, where students have to match the number bond to the addition sentence with in combinations of ten. The pieces will be laminated and cut apart. Children who struggle with number bonds will play with the cards face up. The others will play as a normal matching game. 

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Spooky Addition

Tomorrow is the start to my favorite month! Not only is it my birthday month, it's time to celebrate Halloween! We are not really allowed to celebrate holidays at my school... as in spend the whole afternoon dressing up and eating candy. My solution is to create cute Halloween themed standards based lessons. This activity meets the CCSS.Math.1.OA.1. I plan to do one prompt a day with my class for the whole week. They will cut the prompt out and glue it in their math journals. We will then color and solve. You could of course make them into a booklet as well. We simply do not have enough time to do them all in one day. If you grab a free download please consider follow my blog! 

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