About Us

Welcome! We are Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, but we are known simply as "The Sisters" to the teachers we've worked with all over the world. We have enjoyed sharing our teaching strategies and talking with colleagues who have tried out The Daily 5™, The Literacy CAFE™ Menu and Classroom Design.

We are thrilled with how well our work has been received and get great pleasure from meeting and training teachers all over the world. However, our beloved side hobby has begun to outrun our ability to keep up. Questions and comments from colleagues around the world are really important to us. That's why we've developed The Daily CAFE™, which will allow us to stay grounded in local schools and still present our systems for classroom management and literacy assessment to anyone who is interested. Because we are works-in-progress, this website will show how our own thinking changes and grows as we continue to work with children and respond to the concerns you raise.

We've gathered hundreds of questions from those of you who have written to us for advice. We hope to use this website to answer the concerns that come up in classrooms everyday: What about kindergarten? Can the Daily 5™ work with sixth graders? How can we apply your classroom design principles when the codes in our district are so strict?

Gail Moser Boushey

"The trusting relationship that exists between coach and colleague is the foundation for powerful change in buildings." Together, she and classroom teachers collaborate to make instruction meaningful, individualized, and successful for all students.

Gail is married to Doug, and is a supportive mom to three beautiful daughters. She is known for her gentle ways, quick wit, and incredible flexibility.

Joan Moser

If you were to poke your head into her classroom, you would undoubtedly find her sitting on the floor with one or more children, deeply conferring and celebrating learning.

Joan is married to Dean, and mother to Tana and Cooper...their golden retriever and Cavachon puppy. She is known for her vibrant personality, infectious laugh, and love for dogs and children.