DAILY 5
Daily Five is our literacy block in our classroom. It is not a program, but a management system that allows students to work on authentic reading practice while I meet with small groups and individual students. In the beginning of the year, we will spend a great deal of time learning how to behave (and how to NOT behave!) during Daily Five time. This explicit teaching of behavior allows Daily Five time to run smoothly, as all students know exactly what to do, so that I can focus my attention on very individualized reading instruction. During Daily Five time, students will participate in a 90-minute block of teacher led mini-lessons on reading strategies, phonics, spelling, and grammar. Students also will participate in self-selected literacy activities. Your child will come to love and crave this time each day to become a fantastic reader and writer!
CAFE
In our classroom, we will use the structure of CAFE to focus on reading comprehension strategies. During Daily Five, two of our whole class mini-lessons will focus on CAFE strategies. I will also meet with small strategy groups and individual students when I finish meeting with guided reading groups.
Our CAFE board shows the four strategies we will focus on - Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. As we learn skills for each strategy, we will post them below. The most exciting part is that students will have the chance to declare the strategy they are working on. Taking ownership of comprehension strategies is an important part to becoming exceptional readers!
Here are the skills we will work on this year:
Our CAFE board shows the four strategies we will focus on - Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. As we learn skills for each strategy, we will post them below. The most exciting part is that students will have the chance to declare the strategy they are working on. Taking ownership of comprehension strategies is an important part to becoming exceptional readers!
Here are the skills we will work on this year: