The CAFE Book: Engaging All Students In Daily Literary Assessment And Instruction (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
CAFE= comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanded vocabulary.Cafe gives a framework for teaching reading to young children where one reads to oneself, reads to another, writes, and two more. It is founded in the idea of metacognitive awareness of the learner is always good no matter who young or what they are reading. The teacher gives short mini lessons on the daily 5 and uses books to illustrate the sort of questions that students should ask themselves. (Does it make sense? Does it look right? Can I retell? I have heard these questions before.For me the cart was before the horse. The strategies were before the complete participation in the art of reading. I believe if one is able to fall into reading, fluency, comprehension, accuracy and expanded vocabulary comes. One has to make the reading moment open to the possibility of immersion. The perfect next step to the Daily 5, the Cafe Book helps students verbalize and take ownership of the strategies for reading and to organize these strategies as priorities for them as a reader. This book rocked my world by suggesting strategy groups for guided reading rather than the traditional reading level based groups. The little things "The Sisters" do, such as having students create strategy cards and spending a good amount of time complementing students during small group time show that these women have not only the research in mind but also the child.
What do You think about The CAFE Book: Engaging All Students In Daily Literary Assessment And Instruction (2009)?
Good resource for teachers for explicitly teaching reading strategies.
—juliet
Looking forward to implementing this procedure this year.
—darkgirl52
Amazing way to assess students in literacy.
—Rachael
