A resource I would like to share is the Daily 5 book. This book changed the framework for how I taught reading in my classroom. I remember the first days I taught the lessons of ‘read to self’ and had the children work on their stamina for reading. I trusted very anxiously the first steps they (The Sisters) had said to do- have the children review the expectations and start reading. When someone begins to not follow the expectations bring them back and go over the expectations and have them start again. Well I followed the steps and it worked! It really worked! In several days all the students were reading the whole time! I went on to teach the other parts of the Daily 5 and the children were busy bees going about their work and being purposeful. I also used the same framework for math time- math with teacher, math on my own, and math with someone. It created a positive learning environment.
The Daily 5. Authors Gail Boushey (Author), Joan Moser (Author)
Literacy- Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices 
This is such a great resource! I have explored the Daily 5 a bit and I was very impressed! And anytime a resource leads to students acting and feeling productive and engaged in learning, I consider it a win! Thanks for sharing!
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