Reading

Ask your Child about Daily Five! This year we will be using the Daily Five and CAFE strategies to teach and encourage reading.

The Daily Five is more than a management system or a curriculum framework - it is a structure that helps students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working independently that will lead to a lifetime of literacy independence.

What are the Daily Five: Read to Self, Read to someone, Listen to reading, Word work, and Work on Writing.

While the students are working on the Daily Five I will be working with small groups of students to improve their reading and writing skills. We will be working on CAFE (comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, Expanding Vocabulary) during the small group time.

For more information about the Daily Five and the CAFE checkout the website: []

Daily Five Schedule 10-15 minute mini lesson (grammar, reading strategy, or writing lesson)  20 minutes Daily Five activity  10 minute practice of mini lesson concept (whole group)  20 minute Daily five activity  10 minute review of mini lesson concept  20 minute Daily Five activity  10 minute closer activity mini lesson concept Concepts and strategies we are learning:

October:
 * Check for understanding
 * Read to self
 * Read to someone
 * Work on writing

November:


 * Word work
 * work on writing
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Cross Check

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">December:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Reading groups
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Summarizing