I am currently enrolled in the Daily 5 Online Course at the Upper Iowa Universtiy . It is the only course approved by the Two Sisters , creators of the Daily 5 literacy block management system , so it comes with a special stamp of approval. I have been implementing the Daily 5 in my classroom for the past 6 years, primarily in a self-contained, grade 2 Spanish bilingual classroom in Canada. Now, I am one of two ESL teachers in grades 4 through 8 in an international school in South America. I am mostly self-taught in the Daily 5 and even though I've been "doing" the Daily 5 for a long time now, I jumped at the chance of collaborating with other teachers on a common interest. Thankfully, my school is paying for my course which is a great advantage. We're doing a lot of reading and responding on the online board set up by the university. As usual, I am finding myself learning so much from the other participants. In fact, I've started to keep careful ...
This blog is a place to ruminate on the problems of teaching. If I am thinking thoughtfully, my posts will hopefully raise more questions than answers. By problematizing teaching we reflect on those questions that are constantly behind, in front, and at center of everything we do in the classroom. Feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what other teachers are thinking about on these and other issues. Cheers! Elisa