Re: moving to fourth

Alice Lee

Posted on 6/23/11

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What is CAFE? I've never heard of it. Alice Lee
On 6/22/11, Mariely Gomez (MG) wrote:
> I know you sent me an email in which you asked if I had anything
> to share, but I can't locate it! Anyhow, I did the daily 4 last
> year with my kids and they loved it! The key is modeling every
> little thing. Make your I-charts and keep them up year round,
> reference them every now and again to remind them of proper
> behaviors. I used gallon freezer zip lock bags instead of bins
> for their read to self books. My four rotations were Work with
> Teacher, Read to Self, Listen to Read, Stations. For stations I
> had up to five things they would work at, a different station
> each day. I had, playdough words (they built their spelling words
> out of play dough), Science (they read a science book and did an
> activity), make a sentence( I would color code and cut five
> sentences and it was their job to put the words in correct word
> order) and I also had Take to Seat (which were those take to seat
> activities. They would pick from five and do one at a time.) I
> was amazed at how quick they got the hang of it and how much
> their reading improved. I also used special rubrics which rated
> their Daily 4 behaviors and their reading, comprehension, fluency
> and rate. This went home once a week for the previous week. It
> allowed for great parent teacher communication and it helped me
> back their reading grades. I can share those with you if you'd
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> On 6/20/11, Marlene wrote:
>> Hi, MG...
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>> I've been teaching upper grades for 10 yrs (4th & 5th, 5 yrs.
>> each.) I use the sisters' CAFE, but not Daily 5. CAFE works
>> very well; this is the 2nd yr I've used it. Our school does
>> not use whole class sets, rather we do whole class mini
>> lessons, guided reading, conferring, and whatever it takes to
>> move the kids up the Fountas & Pinnell levels. I'm moving to
>> 2nd in the fall, and have much the same concerns you do. Scary
>> but so exciting. Please feel free to email me directly if
>> you'd like. I adore 4th graders - they're so independent and
>> they get my dry humor. Best of luck!
>> Sincerely,
>> Marlene Grefig (MG!)

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