This document outlines components of a reading program including the Daily Five literacy structure, AVID strategies, and the Great 8 skill-building approach. It describes how these methods incorporate differentiation, student engagement, and independence to accelerate learning through structured literacy tasks and college readiness skills. The team will create anchor charts to analyze and incorporate these reading program elements into their classrooms.

1. Reading Vertical Team
August 18, 2014

2. Reading Vertical Team
Why is it important to keep kids engaged in
reading?
 Objective: We will analyze & incorporate different components of the reading program through:
 Daily Five
 AVID
 Great 8
 We will do so through the creation of:
 Anchor chart

3. What is the Daily
Five?

4. Why the Daily Five?
 Literacy structure that allows for differentiation
 Integrated literacy instruction & classroom management
system utilized in reading & writing
 System of 5 literacy tasks that teach students independence
 Provided students with substantial time to read & write which
accelerates learning
 Builds stamina to ensure longer periods of time students
successfully read & write
 Articulates student behaviors that culminate in highly engaged
learners while teaching students to understand/monitor their
literacy goals

5. Why Use the Daily Five?
The Daily Five is a
Student driven
management structure
designed to fully engage
students in reading &
writing.

6. 5 Tasks of the Daily Five & Goals
 Read to Self
 Read to Someone
 Work on Writing
 Listen to reading
 Word work
Tip
Read to someone=Listen to reading
By the 3rd week of school have Read to Self & Work on Writing
By the end of the 1st Six Weeks ALL 5 components should be implemented
Most Important!!!

7. 3 Ways to Read a Book to Yourself
Read the pictures
Read the words
Retell the story

8. Reading to Someone Promotes
Volume of reading
Reading motivation
Fluency!! 
Reading Rate
Word attack skills
Love of reading
Options for teachers to use:
• Elbow to elbow & knee to knee
• Choral Read
• I read, You read
• Reading One Book- One book is shared
between 2 partners with both students
holding a corner of the book

9. Listening to Reading Develops
 Language fluency
 Reading enjoyment
 Expression & Inflection
 Connections between print & speech
 Stronger vocabularies and more sophisticated language
structures.
 Introduces different genres and writing styles
 Increased cognitive ability & attention spans

10. Work on Writing
 Provides students with time to spend on
writing things that interest them through
Persuasive writing
Friendly letters
Poetry
Narratives
Summaries
Expository writing
Students Should
• Write the whole time
• Stay in one spot
• Work quietly
• Choice of what to write
• Get started quickly
• Underline words they are
not sure how to spell and
move on.

11. Word Work
 Focus on spelling & vocabulary
 Experiment with words for
learning and practice spelling
patterns
 Memorize high frequency words
 Add knowledge and curiosity of
unique and interesting words
Optional Material Ideas
Whiteboards
Magnetic letters
Wikki-stix
Clay
Letter stamps
Colored markers
Task cards

12. Find a partner that’s not from your grade level & discuss
how you are going to incorporate the Daily Five
Stand & Talk

13. Great 8
Main Idea Vocabulary Word Work Summarization
Weekly Skill Weekly Skill Weekly Skill Weekly Skill
Goal: Build Up To All 8 Squares By Second Semester

14. Great 8
Turn & Share
How could remaining 4 boxes
could be utilized?

15. AVID
Why be an AVID Campus?
A- Advancement
V- Via
I- Individual
D- Determination

16. AVID/WICOR
Writing to learn
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading to Learn
Where have you seen this?

17. Organization/Goals
Agenda Planners
Binders
Note Taking
2 column
3 column
By the end of the 1st six
weeks each grade level is
using various labeled
notebooks per subject &
agendas

18. AVID/SLANT
Sit with proper posture
Lean forward & listen
Ask pertinent questions
Nod your head yes or no
Talk collaboratively on topic

19. AVID /Goals for College Readiness
 Teachers helping build students’ self-awareness
 Students should be made aware of college opportunities & success
 Use your college keys poster to ensure career success
AVID Goals
Wear college shirts once a six weeks
Spotlight a teacher once a week

20. Exit Ticket Summarizer
 Write 3 things you learned that you might use in your classroom.
 Write 2 ways that the information relates to you on a personal level.