Whittier Teacher "Field Trips" 4.10.13

Every so often, Whittier teachers take "field trips" to each other's rooms, to see what GREAT things are happening around the building. This morning, the faculty gathered in Ellen Montgomery's room, a 3rd grade teacher, and she WOWED us with her experience this year, as she undertook the "Daily 5" program as part of her daily classroom schedule.

The "Daily 5" is a structure that shows you how to carefully and systematically train your students to participate in each of the five components.  Explicit modeling, practice, reflecting and refining takes place during the launching phase, preparing the foundation for a year of meaningful content and instruction tailored to meet the unique needs of each child. It is a structure that will help students develop the daily habits of reading, writing and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy!