- Basal?
- Seatwork?
- Centers? Reader's/Writer's Workshop?
- A combination of these?
Is your focus on more of a teacher-driven model than a student-driven model? Why?
What parts of a teacher- or student-driven model do you like?
What parts of a teacher- or student-driven model will be most difficult to implement?
Is there any part of the student-driven model that intimidates you?
If you need to refer back to the book-see pages 12-13
I love the student-driven model and thought that was what I have been working toward, but I am finding that I have regressed this year and have fallen back to giving students some busy work to micro-manage them so I can meet with individuals and groups, creating more work for myself and less time for the students to read and write in a meaningful way. In turn this is leading to lower student engagement, which is turning into a never ending cycle repeating itself over and over. I am ready to peak my head out of the hole we have dug and incorporate the Daily 5, putting more responsibility on the students. Sorry for the endless babble. I guess I am not sure about blogging so let me no if i shouldn't be using this as a reflection of my own teaching.
ReplyDeleteJodi-you are sharing very important reflections. Keep on blog'n girl!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree Jodi. Before I started Daily 5 I was doing literacy centers with 4 different centers each day. I was spending so much time coming up with centers and looking over their work that it was so time consuming and overwhelming that the Daily 5 has lightened my load a ton. I still would like to find more focus lessons to work with my students on specifically but I think that will come!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you both, I really enjoy student driven because it peaks their interests and brings out the learning of each student to its fullest.For me to do centers depends on my group of students needs, This year it is difficult to put them into small groups and I spend so much time finding activities for each level of learning!
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