Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Daily 5 Book Study - Chapter 5

So, we meet again...for our collective musings about Chapter 5: Read to Someone and Listen to Reading. Thanks to Kelli from Castles and Crayons for hosting :)

Read to Someone
As I reread this chapter, I realized that in my haste to get Read to Someone up and running, I missed an important aspect of partner reading - focused lessons on three ways to Read to Someone:

1. Check for Understanding with one book
2. I Read, You Read with one book
3. Read Two Different Books with two books

I introduced these options, but more as an afterthought..."oh yeah, you can echo read and read two different books"...oops!!! I see now how helpful it is for my students to check for understanding and build fluency with their partner when making the literacy choice of Read to Someone.

One other rookie mistake I have come to realize is that I allowed my students to pick their partners right off the bat...I should have picked partners first, then allowed them to choose partners once they had a week of Read to Someone lessons under their belt...and a focused lesson on choosing a partner.

I wanted to share part of this wonderful Read to Someone pack by Kylie from Down Under Teacher. (I couldn't find the exact link anymore, she may have taken it down due to all the copyright hub-bub).

Read to Someone
 What are your classroom "norms" for Read to Someone?


Listen to Reading
Through our district's technology grant, I was blessed with acquiring four (yes, I said 4) iPads for my classroom. I begged my Campus Technology gal for headphones, but she could only spare two extra sets for my iPads. I also have two student computers and a laptop. That will give me three options for seven students (usually of a group of 22) when introducing Listen to Reading. Woo-hoo! Of course, I will need to use a couple of the iPads when small group instruction starts for the students in the group.

How do you work out the rotation for Listen to Reading? I'm thinking once it's all up and running, I will have five ways for my students to Listen to Reading...two computers, one laptop, and two iPads. I see it working out a little better when we have built up our stamina and have more than one rotation...but in the beginning, when we have one rotation...how do you do it? Tell me, pleeeease... 

Here are some listening resources that my students have used in the classroom (click on the links to get more info...)
Starfall activities range from letter/ sound knowledge/ manipulation and builds up to reading fables
Storyline Online stories read by actors/ actresses
Online Storytime by Barnes and Noble stories read by authors and celebrities
PebbleGo (does require a subscription) wonderful resource for non-fiction reading

I found these Listen to Reading accountability pages, you can find the rest of Stephanie's huge packet here :)

Listen to Reading
What resources do you use for Listen to Reading?

In case you missed it (I posted Chapter 4 slightly late, uhhh yesterday), here's something I created to help introduce each literacy choice: I Can...Literacy Choice Picture Displays. Your students can reflect on what each literacy choice should look like/ sound like. These can be displayed and replaced/ updated with photographs for visual reminders in your classroom.
I Can Read to Someone Picture Task Cards
get the rest of it here
When introducing the literacy choices to your students, do you follow Read to Self with Read to Someone? I know I read in a later update that the "Sisters" recommend starting with Read to Self then Work on Writing (with student choice being added before a different literacy choice). What order do you introduce these in your classroom?

18 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for linking up, Monica! :)
    I introduce each choice in order from the book so that I can get the kiddos reading and writing right away! :)

    Kelli :)
    Castles and Crayons

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    1. Hi, Kelli! Thanks for hosting :) I think this book study has helped me iron out some of the "kinks" I had last year...

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  2. Thanks so much for your insights. I'm a D5 newbie and reading your recommendations is SO helpful. Love your freebies.

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    1. Aww...thanks, Kimberly. Even though I've used D5 for about a 1 1/2 years, I still find things I missed on my own journey. This book study collaboration is the key...I just need more time to do more book studies :) I'm glad you were able to find something useful for your classroom!

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    2. Thanks for stopping by today...I saw your comment on Surfin'ThroughSecond about your donors choose funded book boxes. I'd love to know what you are using.

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    3. Hi, Kimberly. I left a comment on your blog post directing you to my blog link :)

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  3. Great ideas and resources! Thank you for sharing:)

    Aloha,
    Corinna

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    1. Thanks so much, Corinna! I'm glad you found something helpful :)

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  4. I like your ideas! I find it hard to figure out who should partner/when should they pick partners also.

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    1. Thanks, Anne. Another great blogger suggested that I partner them up on a rotating basis (at least in the beginning)...which sounds brilliant to me :) They get practice, plus it helps build community because they are probably going to partner up with different students than if I had allowed them to pick on their own. I hope that makes sense? Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. Thanks for sharing your Oops! moments with us. It really helps to know what has worked and what hasn't. Don't you love this book study?

    Learning With Susie Q

    susieqsclass@gmail.com

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    1. Hi, Susie! It's been great getting fresh perspectives and new ideas on implementation for the next school year! I hope these book studies become ongoing - they've been wonderful :)

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  6. my kinders used www.abcmouse.com for listen to reading last year they loved it!

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    1. Hi, Misty. Thanks for the website suggestion! I think it will work for some of my firsties :) I appreciate you stopping by!

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  7. Hi Monica! I too admit I didn't plan ahead for buddy or shared reading! I'm certainly going to be more careful this year! BTW- I love the worksheets you posted for the Listening Center. Making listening an active activity helps increase metacognition and this is a great way of providing the students with that. Nice post!

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    1. Aww, thanks, Mrs. Pelaez...I think the first year of implementation of D5 can be overwhelming! But, now that I've had a chance to reread, discuss, and ponder the structure in more detail, I'll be better equipped this fall. I'm glad you found the resources helpful...sometimes my kiddos need to practice "how" to listen :) Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!

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  8. LOL, I did take it down for a little while because I wasn't sure if I could call my pack Read to Someone.... to be sure I changed it to Buddy Reading. Better to be safe than sorry! Great post!

    Kylie
    Down Under Teacher

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Kylie! I hope you found something you can use in your classroom :)

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