I think this is what your looking for. Believe it or not i have been busy with getting all the little things to work after the migration. Someone else may have an exact answer that helps better than my pictures.
The dashboard displays recent post. And there is a sidebar box that has the last five also.
But the main page is the homepage with is the dashboard...Once you look at the post they clear as unread.
But you can also click on several and pick "mark as read"