Do you love teaching but feel exhausted from the energy you
expend cajoling, disciplining, and directing students on a daily
basis? If so, you'll want to meet The Sisters”, Gail Boushey and
Joan Moser. Based on literacy learning and motivation research,
they created a structure called The Daily Five which has been
practiced and refined in their own classrooms for ten years, and
shared with thousands of teachers throughout the United States.
The Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks (reading to self,
reading with someone, writing, word work, and listening to
reading) which students complete daily while the teacher meets
with small groups or confers with individuals. This book not
only explains the philosophy behind the structure, but shows you
how to carefully and systematically train your students to
participate in each of the five components. Explicit modeling
practice, reflecting and refining take place during the
launching phase, preparing the foundation for a year of
meaningful content instruction tail