2nd grade daily 5 stations

Ideas for each of the daily five rotations

This is my 5th year using The Daily 5 in my classroom. Launching The Daily 5 is what I look forward to the most each fall. In this post I am going to explain how I manage The Daily 5 in my 2nd grade classroom. (The I-Chart templates are from Mrs. Jones' Creation Station.) 1. Read to Self Read to Self is the first activity I introduce to my students. I purchased my book bins from Really Good Stuff. They aren't the cheapest option, but they are well worth the money. I allow my students to have…

Centers are the hallmark of my classroom. Call them whatever you want: purposeful practice, rotations, stations…whatever they are to you. They are IMPORTANT. Without a solid center routine, your small group instruction is disrupted and disjointed. Without a solid center routine, your literacy bloc

We're sharing how we set up for Daily 5 rotations! Come check out our pictures and grab FREE resources! Expectations Posters Here's our take on the Daily 5 expectation posters! We keep these posters hanging in the room all year. In the beginning of the year, we continually refer to the posters as kiddos learn the rules and expectations of the Daily 5 routines. After Winter Break, we like to refer back to the posters. After a busy holiday season and a bit of time out of school, the review is…

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Setting up for small group in 2nd grade can be challenging! This post outlines one teacher's simple center rotation schedule.

Have you heard of or are interested in trying Daily 5 centers for your literacy block? Quite honestly, I was SUPER-DEE-DUPER scared to try this when I had first heard of it many years ago. Now, I would never go back to my traditional reading centers! Why? Because kids like the consistency of Daily 5 every day. They know exactly what to do. They know where all the materials are. They know my expectations for them. They feel confident in themselves. And it makes them better readers and…

If you’ve read my blog before, you probably know that I use a Daily 5 structure to organize our reading time. I love the freedom, choice, and time spent reading/writing it offers my students. One of the most common questions/comments is “My students can’t handle choice. I’m doing Daily 5 just without the choice. My...

Do you reinvent the wheel every single week when it comes to centers, word work, stations.....whatever you happen to call them? Yeah, me too! I know better, I swear I do but it just never fails. I am here today to tell you that there IS A BETTER WAY! Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of Daily 5. I run my room about as closely to the Daily 5 model as possible but this is one area I just never could give in on. The sisters suggest having out materials for students to build words, write…