I still remember hearing all about this ‘Daily 5’ talk…how it would save us so much time for teacher prep and the benefits for our students would be tremendous. Well, everything I heard was absolutely true and beyond! I love my Daily 5/Guided Reading block. I think I’ve said that already…but maybe you’ll believe me now 🙂
Well anyway, back on subject is my work on writing folders. In the snapshot below you will see my writing center. No, mine is really not as cute as I’ve seen elsewhere, but it does get the job done. The four green baskets are my word work tubs. The two sets of folders are my work on writing folders. I have a boy stack and a girl stack. It makes finding the folder a lot easier.
Below are the folders that I purchased from School Specialty. Click on the picture to link to the product. They come in a pack of 25 and are listed for $11.99. They are a poly folder so I got a good two years out of them before retiring them this past year. I wrote each students name on the folder with a permanent marker and used a magic eraser at the end of the year. This past year I sent them home with each kiddo packed full of fun summer writing.
Writing Super Pack {10 activities}
Inside the Packet:
– Activity #1 Making Lists {6 versions}
– Activity #2 Labeling { 6 versions}
– Activity #3 Opposites Writing {6 versions}
– Activity #4 Illustrate an Easy Reader {6 versions}
– Activity #5 Writing Cards {6 versions}
– Activity #6 Class Pictionary {3 versions}
– Activity #7 Picture Story Starters {6 versions}
– Activity #8 Writing letters {6 versions}
– Activity #9 Weekend News {6 versions}
– Activity #10 Opinion Writing {6 versions}
100 Sight Word Practice Sheets
Color, Trace, and Write each word!
the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, was, for, on, are, as, with, his, they, I, at, be, this, have, from, or, one, had, by, word. but, not, what, all, were, we, when, your, can, said, there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their, if, will, up, other, about, out, many, then, them, these, so, some, her, would, make, like, him, into, time, has, look, two, more, write, go, see, number, no, way, could, people, my, than, first, water, been, call, who, am, its, now, find, long, down, day, did, get, come, made, may, & part
Have an awesome end to your week!
Oh my word! I know what I need to get from your TPT store! My kiddos really struggled with their writing this past year and I feel like all these would have really helped boost their confidence. Thanks for all the great tips and products.
You are the BEST!
Erin
It's "OWL" Good in Kindergarten
Tara, where do I find a complete description of what you do in this writing center? Like, what do you put in the four Word Work tubs? How many kids at this center? etc… Thanks. DG
I am wondering the same thing. We are just getting Daily 5 going. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Dawn,
Below are links to my daily 5/word work posts! 🙂
Daily 5: http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/search/label/Daily%205
Word Work: http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/search/label/Word%20Work
Let me know if these don't get your questions answered!
Tara
Thanks for making this seem so simple! I have looked at doing Daily 5 in the past, but was just so overwhelmed by just reading the book. The resources you created are awesome, too! Thanks 🙂
Hi Tara, I really appreciate all of your information about the Daily 5. So, so helpful. Can you tell me which parts of the Daily 5 the kids are doing during your guided reading groups? Thanks, Jeanette
Hi there Jeanette! I use all areas of the daily five except I don't do a whole lot of the read to somebody! I hope that helps 🙂
Tara