These CAFE posters will help you teach all the strategies in the CAFE book for Daily Five. ComprehensionAccuracyFluencyExpand VocabularyIt includes all of the strategies that you will teach to your students for each heading. I have added a teacher checklist so that you can keep track of all of the s...
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Last week, I mentioned that I had the opportunity to see The Sisters speak about using CAFE in the classroom. You can read about that { h...
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Hi! Hope that your summer is great! I love being a teacher, but I think part of the reason I love it so much is because we get those 2 summe...
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At my school, we watch a live broadcast for the morning announcements. My favorite part is what we call the "Friday Song". The whole school joins in singing and waving their hands to celebrate the end of a great week! You may want to adopt this in your classroom. There is no particular tune so you can make up your own. This is how it goes: Its...Friday, it's Friday, it's Friday, Friday, Friday! It's Friday, it's Friday! It's Friday all day long! Woo! It's...Friday, it's Friday, it's Friday, Friday, Friday! It's Friday, it's Friday! The week is almost done! Woo! I have no idea who made this up, but it's just our silly way to get pumped up for the weekend! Freebie Fridays at TBA is really something to celebrate! I have found so many fantastic downloads by searching through previous Friday posts. Someday, when you have a little free time, you might want to do the same. There are seriously hundreds or even thousands of freebies to browse! It's a great way to find new blogs you may want to follow too! I'm linking up again to share some Daily 5 poster sets. I have gotten many requests to make a set that matches the black and bright CAFE poster set. Both are freebies at my TPT store and Teachers Notebook shop. This one has been downloaded over 4000 times! It's CRAZY to imagine that many classrooms may have this on their bulletin board! :) If you're implementing Daily 5 in your room and love bright colors, this is the poster set for you! :) Enjoy it friends! I love receiving feedback on freebies! It just makes you feel good to know that you have helped someone out and that they appreciate it. Here is what one sweet teacher (Kelly) said: I LOVE this poster set. I was looking for a CAFE set that is thorough, kid friendly, and bright and cheery, and you completely nailed it! Thanks for making it a freebie!! Remember to get your posts ready for the linky on Wednesday! I would LOVE to have you join me for What Worked? What Didn't? You can save this image for your post! :) My post will be related to managing Daily 5 rotations! See what other great freebie finds are out there! Click on the picture to visit TBA! Have a super weekend! Woo!
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I found this Character Book Report Project on Pinterest, It was all kinds of amazing & I knew I had to give it a try! It was created by R...
Recently, our district decided to unify our reading instruction practices by implementing The Daily 5 and CAFE by 2015-16. The five parts of The Daily 5 include Writing, Word Work, Read to Someone…
Happy day, friends and welcome to Chapter 6 of our Daily 5 book study – Foundation Lessons. Today we’re talking about the explicit routines and procedures we teach students for each rou…
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Math Daily 3? What?? Yep, that’s what Chapter 8 is all about and I have to say, I like it. I already do a lot of what they describe, we use Investigations (for better or worse) so the math games are a check, and whole group is something I do well…if I do say so...
Take a look at how I set up my class and organize my stations for a successful start to Daily 5 in kindergarten.
At the start of a new year, chances are some of your students are new to your school. Other students were not in the same class last year and everyone is new to your classroom. Let your students know that great things happen when they all cooperate and work together. During the first week of school, you should spend some time on team building activities. Here are a few ideas I found around the web: Adapted from this activity: http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Helium_Stick -Floating Hula Hoop, This activity sounds simple, but it’s great for communicating and working together. Divide the class into groups of 4 or 5. Have the group form a circle facing the center. Ask then to hold out their index finger. Place a hula hoop on their fingers. Their job is to lower the hula hoop to the ground without dropping it. They have a tendency to go up instead of down. It will take some communication to get the hoop to the ground. http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/hula-hoop-pass.html -Hula Hoop Pass, The object of this activity is to pass a hula hoop all the way around the circle. You can have kids stand in one large circle or divide the class into two circles. Students face the center and hold hands. Choose two people to open their hands and place the hula hoop there to start the activity. The kids have to move the hoop over their bodies and pass it on to the next person. Others can give encouragement and suggestions if the hula hoop gets stuck. Inspired from this video---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlp1i2WJcM -Balloon Caterpillar Race, Have students form 4 lines with 5 to 6 students in each line. Students should all be facing forward with the lead students behind a start line. Place an inflated balloon between each person. When you say go, the entire line must cross the finish line without dropping any balloons. If they drop a balloon they need to go back to the start and begin again. Another way to begin building a community is to brainstorm what it takes to be a positive classmate. Use a chart like this to brainstorm the characteristics of a positive team member. You can download a copy of the blank chart here. Since it is a pdf file you can print it poster size. I made mine 200% of the original. Then I glued the six pages together to make the poster for our class discussion. I also make a single page copy for every student so they can make their own chart along with you. Once the students understand what makes a positive classmate tell them the class will earn a reward for showing all these characteristics. Using the letters SPARKLE, which stands for Students who are Prepared, Attentive, Respectful, Responsible and Keep Learning every day! Put up one letter every time the whole class is following the guidelines for being a positive classmate. When they earn all 7 letters the class has earned a special reward. You can choose the reward or let the class brainstorm a possible list. You can download the letters here. For more ways to help your kids SPARKLE, check out the entire product in my TPT store.
One of my all time favorite things to do to inspire writing is to make a craft to go along with the lesson! This time Frank is here to inspire...
These CAFE posters will help you teach all the strategies in the CAFE book for Daily Five. The bright neon colors will grab your students' attention and look great in any classroom and make teaching the strategies much easier and more fun for your students. ComprehensionAccuracyFluencyExpand Vocabul...
This will be my first year implementing Daily 5 in my classroom. Last year as a Curriculum Coach and Resource Teacher, I was exposed to it...
Yesterday, I shared a great video resource for kids and teachers about choosing good fit books. Although, I have used the analogy of finding good fit books using shoes, I seem to always come back to The Goldilocks Rule. I learned about this for the first time when I started at my current school. Here is how I set it up in my classroom. First, I read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Many of my students are familiar with the story. Afterwards, we talk about Goldilocks choosing items that were "just right" for her. I use that analogy to help students understand what it means to read and select Just Right books. We compare how Papa Bear's items were "too big" for him, just like sometimes we may read books that are "too hard" for us. We discuss what it means as a reader when the book is too hard. Then, we talk about what it means as a reader when a book is "too easy." Like it was too easy for Goldilocks to enter into the Bears' home. Finally, we discuss the purpose of reading. Why reading and comprehending matter. I do not do all this in one sitting. Depending on the grade level, students, and time of year, this could be an entire week's worth of lessons. I had created a wonderful poster to use but I have been without it all year since our Librarian has it in our library to help students there. How do you help students select "just right" books? Happy Teaching and Learning!
Happy Tuesday! I know you're probably heading to bed early the next two nights to prepare for what is usually the longest school day ...
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