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Featured Spotlights
CAFE™	The Literacy CAFE™ Menu (DOWNLOAD) CAFE™ is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary, four research-based components critical to reading. We developed it as a guide and system to focus our instruction, help students set reading and behavior goals, monitor their progress--and do it all without losing our sanity! Teacher Reflection about CAFE™ (VIDEO) Following is a debrief interview with Kelly, a first grade and featured teacher on The Daily CAFE™. In this video, Kelly shares how she uses The Literacy CAFE™ Menu with her first graders. Parent Pipeline: Skip the word, Then come back This parent resource will help families who want to support their child as they learn the Accuracy strategy of "skip the word, then come back" from the CAFE Menu. Book Look: Little Mouse's Big Secret by Eric Battut Have you ever wanted an idea for a book that would go with the CAFE strategies? Book looks are just that! Check out this book suggestion and a lesson or two to get you started.
Daily 5™	10 Steps to Teaching and Learning Independence (DOWNLOAD) This download is a staple for our Daily 5™ presentations. We think these 10 steps are what set Daily 5™ apart from any other instructional model or system. These are the steps we use to teach students how to be independent at just about anything. In addition to Daily 5™ tasks, we've used them in math, science, even with learning to walk down the hall. Simply follow the steps for whatever you'd like students to do independently. Launching Read to Self (DOWNLOAD) Do you ever wish you had the Cliff Notes to a book you have read? Our teachers are using a new program that is laden with narrative descriptions of what the program looks like in a classroom, outlining teacher dialog and student responses in extensive detail. The reader truly feels like they are in the classroom experiencing the lesson right with the students. Troubleshooting (DOWNLOAD AND VIDEO) The number one question teachers have when they start using the Daily 5™ is what to do about students who struggle with independent work. You know the students we're talking about - they don't seem to have the ability to stick with their Daily 5™ choice or build stamina.
Classroom Design	Seven Steps to Designing Physical Space (DOWNLOAD) Once the reflecting process and planning for your classroom environment is complete (or you are just tired of thinking about it and want your room changed RIGHT NOW) - these 7 steps may be just what you need to get started. When reconfiguring a classroom or moving into a new one, it can be tricky to see the space through new eyes.
Creative Ideas	Autograph Book (ARTICLE AND DOWNLOAD) Only five of my 23 students ordered yearbooks this year. When the treasured books are handed out and the mad autograph signing starts, the "have not's" will undoubtedly feel left out. I always make a little autograph book for those kids so they can participate and collect signatures from their friends as well.