What a day! Today, I attended the Daily Five conference here in Minneapolis. The designers of Daily Five and Cafe, the Sisters, are here for a two day conference. I am so lucky that I got the opportunity to attend because there was so much information and FREE stuff too!
The biggest take away from the conference for me was the power of student CHOICE. This whole management system was designed so that our students have the opportunity to choose different activities to do, while we work with small groups of students. Student CHOICE is a huge motivating factor for our students with reading and writing. We have to teach them our expected behaviors, then once they prove that they can do those behaviors, give your students CHOICE. It will increase engagement and give us opportunities to differentiate; thus meeting the needs of our students!
Next year, I plan to continue using Daily Five in my classroom. However, I plan to focus more on teaching expected behaviors and releasing my students sooner. The Sisters really emphasized that the more we model for our students, the faster they can begin the Daily Five CHOICES. Above all, the faster that we can meet with small groups of students to individualize instruction and learning.
I can go on and on about more things that I learned today, but I will be posting more about the Daily Five as we get closer to the school year.
PS. I GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM AND YOU CAN SEE US BELOW! Sweet, right!?!?!?
Look for more information and strategies that I am going to use in my classroom soon!
Mr. Farrington
The biggest take away from the conference for me was the power of student CHOICE. This whole management system was designed so that our students have the opportunity to choose different activities to do, while we work with small groups of students. Student CHOICE is a huge motivating factor for our students with reading and writing. We have to teach them our expected behaviors, then once they prove that they can do those behaviors, give your students CHOICE. It will increase engagement and give us opportunities to differentiate; thus meeting the needs of our students!
Next year, I plan to continue using Daily Five in my classroom. However, I plan to focus more on teaching expected behaviors and releasing my students sooner. The Sisters really emphasized that the more we model for our students, the faster they can begin the Daily Five CHOICES. Above all, the faster that we can meet with small groups of students to individualize instruction and learning.
I can go on and on about more things that I learned today, but I will be posting more about the Daily Five as we get closer to the school year.
PS. I GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM AND YOU CAN SEE US BELOW! Sweet, right!?!?!?
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| I met the Sisters! |
Mr. Farrington
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