I have been reading up on The Daily 5 and have begun implementing it in my second grade classroom. It has been interesting to say the least. We spent the last week with mini-lessons on the procedures and expectations of The Daily 5 which I wish I could have done at the very beginning of the year. I feel as though I am trying to break old, bad habits and that they are not breaking all that easily! We have spent a lot of time creating I-Charts to refer to in case we are not sure what the expectations for each area are and the students seem to enjoy it. I have also invested in a classroom Yacker Tracker to help my visual students self regulate by showing them with a green, yellow, or red light whether or not the sound decibles in the room are too high or just right. Most of my students are doing a great job transitioning and we are defiantly building "stamina", but I am still struggling with what to do with my few kiddos that just can not make it for even 5 minutes without a reminder. At first I was doing what the book suggested and just stopping all of the students after the first reminder...but I feel like after a week of doing that the rest of my students who are on task are suffering needless consequences. I understand the premise behind stopping everyone when one person cannot be on task, but what if you have one of the students who just doesn't get it? A student who is not influenced by peer pressures or who cannot physically control there off task behaiors? Any thoughts?
If anyone is interested in the book I am reding here is a link to the website:
http://www.the2sisters.com/the_daily_5.htm
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