This year I have started to trial a new reading programme called: "The
Daily Five". The programme runs during my literacy (reading and writing)
sessions and it encourages the children to become independent readers and
writers - as well as providing plenty of time for practise and maintenance. At
the moment the children have mastered 3 of the 5 components: Read to Self; Read
to Someone; and Work on Writing. Below are some photos of the children engaged
in the activities. The children have built their 'stamina' to ensure that they
can do each of these tasks independently for a minimum time of 15 minutes (many of the
children can last for 30 minutes). While the children are working independently
it allows me to work for an uninterrupted period with my guided reading groups.
The children really enjoy the activities, and have developed a number of great
skills that they can apply at school and at home.
One focus has been when selecting a book to read - we use a model called '
IPICK'.
The I = I Choose - what book have you chosen? P = Purpose - what is the reason
you have selected this book? I = Interest - does this book interest you? C =
Comprehend - do I understand the book while I am reading it? K = Know the words
- do I know most of the words? If I make more than 3 mistakes of find 3 tricky
words, then the book is probably too hard.
Ask your child what activity they enjoy and why we are doing this in class.
