Read To Someone in Second Grade
A Component Of The Daily Five (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 2: Consolidation / FluencyAges:
6-8
Grade Range:
2ndFood Groups:
Primary: Reading Fluency & Expression, Reading Comprehension Strategies
Transcript
The second component that we introduce of the Daily 5 program is the Read to Someone element. Again, this is the I-Chart where the independent behaviors and expectations are laid out in an I-framework, with the student expectations on the one side, and the expectations for the teacher, and what the teacher will be doing, on the other side. There are a couple of different ways to teach the students how to do how to Read to Someone. It takes a series of mini-lessons as well, laid out very well in the Daily 5 book. We take a lot of time building stamina, and I think it's one of the most effective ways to improve your fluency, to share your strategies and your goals with a friend. The purpose being, like we said, is to become a better reader and also to have some fun. They really do work extremely productively and well during this time. They take Read to Someone very seriously, they check their voice levels often, again, a pin can drop in this classroom when a Daily 5 is running. Although it may sound like there's potential for noise during Daily 5 if a number of students have selected Read to Someone, the way the classroom's spread out and the way that they're spread out and how they're taught to check their voice levels has made for another component of the program that the students really do enjoy and I can see works extremely effectively.
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Activity Objective
The goal of Read To Someone in Second Grade: A Component of the Daily Five (Virtual Tour) is to use a method developed by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser to build students' reading fluency and comprehension skills by having students read to a partner on a regular basis.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Read to Someone is a component of The Daily Five. Through modeling, discussions and practice students will become independent in choosing to read to someone on a regular basis. Choice and independency fosters a motivation for literacy.
- Introduce Read to Someone at the beginning of the school year.
- Each student should receive a book bin. Encourage students to select "good-fit" books (books that are at their own level and of interest to them). Have the students keep up to 8 "good-fit" books in their book bins. Visit the classroom or school library on a regular basis. Changing books maintains interest and a love for literacy.
- "EEKK" stands for elbow-to-elbow and knee-to-knee. Sitting EEKK while reading to someone allows both students to follow the text.
- Modeling how to Read to Someone will establish clear expectations for this component. Invite 1 student to model the "reader" and 1 student to model the "checker". As the "reader" reads the selected text aloud the "checker" will check for understanding by describing the characters and events from the text.
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