D5 Tweaks

Daily 5 is ticking along like clockwork  pretty well.  I am realizing we have to keep practicing.  When I surveyed my class, about 98% of them have been doing Daily 5 since kindergarten.  They still love it, but I think they may be too comfortable.  On Tuesday, we came back to "meeting" three times.  It was not while they were in their different stations around the room, it was transitions.  They were SO noisy.  I felt like a nag, but tried to stay positive and tell them what they were doing right...even though I was pulling my hair out.  It may have just been a bad day.  I think I'll pull back and slow it down some, just reinforcing the anchor charts and expecting them to do it like they already know how!  Here are some of my angels doing a great job.

 Wooden letter tiles for Word Work! (It's shoeless Tuesday!)

A game of context clues!