The Daily 5 Text to Teach Online Seminar will provide you with all of the basics associated with getting Daily 5 up and going in your classroom!
What should I expect?
The Daily 5 Text to Teach Online Seminar provides a focused deep dive into The Daily 5, Second Edition. This on-demand seminar will take you chapter by chapter through the text providing clarity in your thinking along the way.
You will learn
- the WHY and HOW of Daily 5 along with the brain research that supports implementation.
- the strategies we use to build stamina and independence in all students.
- how to structure literacy time so that students work independently and productively while you deliver instruction in small groups and one-on-one.
- how to launch each task, and
- ways to support students that have a difficult time building independence and stamina.
How does it work?
For each* chapter of The Daily 5, Second Edition you will:
- Watch a video overview where our instructor, Allison Behne, highlights specific points of interest in the Chapter.
- Read the chapter and develop your own understanding, questions and reflections on the text.
- Read 1-2 specific articles that support your chapter reading.
- Take 1-2 video "field trips" to classrooms where you can watch a teacher apply the concepts, consider how you would implement them in your own classroom.
- Watch a brief wrap-up video to tie it all together that provides possible next steps.
- Take notes in your own printable guidebook with your aha moments from what you read and hear.
*Chapter 8 is not included in the Daily 5 Text to Teach Online Seminar. For specific information related to Math Daily 3, check out the Math Daily 3 Online Seminar.
*Participants will need access to a copy of The Daily 5, Second Edition. You can find it here or try your local teaching library.
Your Guide
Allison Behne
An innovative teacher, writer, and speaker, Allison Behne empowers educators to think outside the box and critically examine their instructional practices by asking, “What is best for my students?” She is the co-author of the expanded second edition of The CAFE Book, Enhanced Second Edition: Engaging All Students in Daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction.
In the course of her professional career, Allison has taught students of all ages—preschool, kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 10th, and 12th grades, at the university level, and adults. She has been a classroom teacher and an instructional coach, and is currently a writer, presenter, online seminar instructor, and developer with The Daily CAFE company. In addition, she is an Assistant Professor of Education at Upper Iowa University, leading The Daily 5, CAFE, and Math Daily 3 graduate courses.
