DVD-The Daily Five Alive!
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, "The Sisters"

(K-5)
It`s a common dilemma: Teachers need time to work in one-to-one conferences and small groups with students during literacy workshop. Yet assigning "busywork" to the rest of the class doesn`t help develop the essential reading and writing skills they need. Can we really expect young readers and writers to tackle challenging work on their own without constant support and intervention from their teachers?

This question led real-life sisters Gail Boushey and Joan Moser to develop The Daily Five--a structured set of literacy tasks that research shows are linked to literacy achievement. The five tasks are outlined in detail in Gail and Joan`s book. This DVD, shot in Joan`s K-2 multiage classroom, focuses on launching three of the "Dailies"--read to self, read to someone, and work on writing.

This is a fantastic program that shows you how to build in the management piece needed to deliver the literacy content. The study guide (both in print and on CD-ROM) provides staff development workshop suggestions and focus questions, a selection of related readings, and handouts.
(K-5) 90 min. on 1 DVD plus viewing/study guide

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