les sons

I saw this on Mme Francoeur's student desks today and had to make one and post it.

Brilliant!

A quick reference for students K-4 when writing. The sound blends. Document prints several  on each 11x17 page.

Click here for download ----> les sons sur mon pupitre - the sounds reminder for on student desks

I Pick - en français

Thanks to Jamie on twitter (you can find her at @fiteach) I dug up an acronym for "I Pick" in French.  Five simple words to remind students how to pick "just right" books to read during Daily 5 (or any time).  Thanks to Madame Richards who posted the acronym CRICC.

Here's my visual and labels to help students remember.  (More Daily Five posts on this blog can be found here.)

What do you use?  Do you have something better?  I'd love to hear about it!

Click on the image below for this one from the blog Dix Mois:

This English version is on the teacher wife's blog:

daily five work with words

à lire, à bâtir, à écrire carte - read, build, write (printable)

"À lire, à bâtir, à écrire" work with words literacy kits and centres for use during Daily Five.  Print double sided, laminate and add to work with words literacy kits.

The secret to children is routine + novelty, it's a fine balance.  Put out a few and rotate.

See below for making words with clothes pins, lego, unifix cubes, velcro letters, and ink and stamps.

The reverse side suggests putting the words in alphabetical order.  Sheets are narrow and trimmed to fit into the small kits pictured below.

These kits are time consuming to put together but only cost about $5 each in materials.  They are small enough for a student or 2 to work on independently.

Once you download and print the files perhaps a parent volunteer can make some for your classroom.

Sound Blend Word lists (printable)  

As students learn the sound blends beginning in January these are our "base" words.  When students become more proficient they identify words in the books they read that contain each sound blend and can use their own words during work with words.

Cut up these lists fit in library envelope that I attach to the top of the Work With Words literacy kits.

Students may also choose to practice with word strips from around the room.

iPad (printable to 11x17)

The iPad is laminated for use with dry erase markers (glue a good sized pom-pom to the end of a dry erase marker for a convenient eraser).

Read, type, write on one side, put in alphabetical order on the other.  A natural progression would be for students to write sentences or short stories using their words.

I upload these documents to Staples Print and Copy Centre for nice crisp copies.  Laminating is done at school.

Use the full size page in the document above and print it onto regular weight paper (2 sides), laminate, and use on a cookie sheet with magnetic letters.

I glued a photo of how the kit should be used and how it should be put away so that students know the expectation.  It takes time and teaching but my students know how to use, care for, and store materials.

I bought the plastic containers at the dollar store so that time isn't spent searching for letters.  Magnetic tiles can be ordered from Really Good Stuff, old scrabble tiles, bananagram letters, anything you can find.

Containers are bacon containers from the dollar store.  Here letter stamps from Winter Green are used.

The clothes pin kit and sheet has 'build' first so that pins can be clipped to the top or to the edge of the container, there are 2 of each consonant in each kit, 4 of each vowel.  The pins are clipped onto a paint stir stick that's easy for students to hold in one hand and unclip with the other.

• for velcro version print off 2 sets of letters, one is laminated as is, one is cut up and letters are affixed to the card with velcro, less hunting for letters more spelling practice!
• kit contents are printed onto 65 or 100 lb cardstock
• a bag of 'extras' is also a good idea for each kit (last photo

parler de mon lecture

Free (some) downloadable resources at Littératout

Teachers will appreciate the clear and explicit self-directed instructions for students.  Could this be incorporated into Daily Five?  Grade 2-4 could be fairly independent with these reading response strategies.  Click on images for direct link to files.  There are more, I only re-posted two.

j'écoute la lecture - youtube

frenchvideoplaylists (my youtube channel under construction)

Creating a channel for your school or classroom on youtube is an easy way to build an online library of quality 'listen to reading' options for students to use during The Daily Five.  Playlists can be uploaded and sorted by season, term, or subject area.  I have developed a channel for K-2 and regularly add videos or closed captioned reading and songs for 'Listen to Reading' during the Daily Five.  Try these searches to curate your own channel:

Comptines (the captioned ones are what I intend, those uploaded by 'comptines')

Alain le lait

Matt Maxwell

Primary Success Paola

les cinq au quotidien

The Daily Five and Café are part of a literacy model developed by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser.  

Along the bottom of the Daily Five board are self adhesive library sign out envelopes.  They are labeled with each child's name on a card and popsicle stick.  Students choose a station by putting their stick in the appropriate pocket (max. 5 sticks per pocket).  If I need to meet with a student or group I move their sticks before they arrive in the morning.  

Daily Five station signs (printable)

Daily Five tracking strips for students (printable)

• cut into strips, students place in their envelope for the week, few days, colour each task as it is completed
• teacher can see at a glance where students are at even if they were absent

• for tracking over 12 weeks, students keep this in a folder or glued to the inside cover of their journal to track where they have worked

HERE IS HOW I USE THIS PARTICULAR CHART FOR OLDER STUDENTS












stratégies de lecture de Madame Bernice:
Compréhension
Améliorer ma précision
Fluidité
Enrichir mon vocabulaire

You'll notice that some students wanted a 'loupe des sons' in their pocket as well.

Actual version pictured here (download).

Watch this xtranormal video for a quick overview of how The Daily Five work.  Your students can easily create their own videos using extranormal, (oui en français!).  You may need an account, basic access, like an app, is usually free.