PLC Session 1: The Daily 5, Chapters 1 & 2

Greetings PLC!!!

Now that fall parent/teacher/student conferences are over, we are ready to launch into Daily 5. Jennifer and I are beyond excited that we have so many fellow educators eager to be part of a learning community that focuses on literacy. Those that introduced themselves in the first blog post all shared the desire to implement Daily 5 in a way that is effective and meets the unique needs of students.

We honor the fact that each of you is teaching part or full time and that you have lives outside of your school. As such, we have tried to make the book study and Daily 5/CAFE implementation manageable. As a participant, we ask that you read (or re-read) the chapter for the week. As we progress in our PLC, there will be times that Jennifer and/or I may observe, provide feedback, model, and co-teach portions of Daily 5/CAFE. The goal is to provide support for you as you implement or refine your implementation of Daily 5.

For Monday, October 27th through Friday, November 7, we ask that you read chapters 1 & 2 of The Daily 5, Our Core Beliefs: The Foundations of the Daily 5.
For those of you with access to The Daily CAFE website, here are links from the website to deepen your understanding and reflection.
The Power of Choice  https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/the-power-of-choice 
Brain and Body Breaks https://www.thedailycafe.com/articles/brain-and-body-breaks

Respond to the prompts in the comment section of the blog post. Feel free to start your own string or you may build upon another member's response. Remember that you need to log into your district Google account in order to post a comment. Please post comments by November 7, 2014.

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You may use your participation in the PLC as evidence of professional practice as defined by Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching. This week's participation is evidence of 

Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities -

• 4a: Reflecting on Teaching - Use in future teaching
• 4d: Participating in a Professional Community - Relationships with colleagues & Involvement in culture of professional inquiry
• 4e: Growing and Developing Professionally - Enhancement of content knowledge and pedagogical skill

Welcome to our professional learning community!!!

Jennifer Napoleon and I are excited to have an opportunity to learn and grow with you. 

This blog is our first step toward bringing teachers from the Lincoln County School District together to talk about sometime we are all passionate about: literacy. 

The focus for this Professional Learning Community is The Daily 5 (second edition) and The CAFE Book, both by "The Sisters", Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. We will also reference the website, http://www.thedailycafe.com/, for those with individual website memberships. 
 

We have developed a plan for the remainder of the school year that we believe will allow us to read (or reread) the books and begin implementing what we learn in a way that also honors the fact that we are teaching full time. At Oceanlake and Taft Elementary schools, part of the school improvement plan will include ongoing observations and support related to our readings. The link to the Google calendar will be posted on this blog soon so that you can see our proposed plan for reading and implementing Daily 5 and CAFE.

This blog is meant to be interactive. We will have regular posts that we ask encourage everyone to respond to - that's how we learn together and how we remain connected.

To begin, we ask everyone to reply to this post. Share with us your name, your school, your grade level, and why you've joined the PLC. You will need to log into your LCSD Google account to post. 

We look forward to learning with you.