Introducing New Choices

As we have been getting more and more comfortable with Read to Self and Read to Someone, new choices in our Daily 5 block have been introduced.  Today Listen to Reading along with Word Work began.  The students are always very excited about these choices because they love listening to a story on the CD players, they also enjoy meeting up with a partner to practice spelling words and word wall words. The students are instructed how to carefully use the CD players and put all materials away when it is time to pick up.  For Word Work, small white boards were an option that could be used for practicing.  Each student added his or her spelling list to the reading binder today.  The goal of teaching the students to use these choices independently is so I am able to meet with small groups for reading instruction during our reading block.  I'm very anxious to begin meeting up with students in small groups!