I implement the Daily Five in my classroom, but I have tweaked it a bit to suit my (and my students’) needs. I do a separate writing time, so instead of the Work on Writing portion of Daily Five, I have my students use reading response sheets.
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Presidents’ Day Thinking Map and Writing/Art Activity
Today for Presidents’ Day I read the book Young George Washington.
After reading, we made a thinking map about all of the facts they learned about our first president. Read more