I'm reading The Daily Five, Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades, by Boushey and Moser.  I am fascinated with their ideas on literacy.  They believe that children must practice reading a choice book for a significant period of time every day.  The way their classroom community is set up, this practice actually occurs and students learn to independently manage their own literacy.  They write of the "happy, busy hum" of children learning and working and I find myself wondering if this could really be achieved?  It sounds almost too good to be true, but I would like to believe it is.  I'm about halfway through the book, has anyone seen the daily five in action?  I remember most of my choice reading was done after school or on weekends and the same was true for my children.  But what about those students who don't read at home?  What a novel idea, practicing reading!