The Daily CAFE is a video-rich website designed to help teachers who are using the Daily 5 and CAFE Menu assessment programs in their classrooms. The content on this site is updated continuously, and features professionally filmed and edited video from more than a dozen K-8 classrooms, all at an affordable price - $39 for a three-month subscription, or $69 for an annual subscription. The website requires no special software or downloads for viewing materials, and access is available to members from any computer at home or school 24 hours a day.

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Daily 5 - 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. The majority of our students, when given clear instruction on how to be independent (using the 10 Steps to Independence ) will learn t . . . Daily 5 - 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. At the end of each reading the teachers comment that they would love to have a one page synthesis of the lesson. They would like t . . . 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. Some of the phrases that we hear or have used ourselves that interfere with change are, "I have to have the room set up this way because it's how I always do it." Or "My desk has to go over there." To begin with a clear head we move . . . Daily 5 - 10 Steps to Teaching and Learning Independence (DOWNLOAD) This download is a staple for our Daily Five presentations. We think these 10 steps are what set Daily Five apart from any other system. These are the steps we use to teach students how to be independent at just about anything. In addition to Daily Five 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. If you use these steps to teach children responsibility and self suffi . . . The Literacy CAFE Menu (DOWNLOAD) CAFÉ 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! As teachers, CAFÉ enables us to stay focused on children's needs and goals as well as keep records that help us plan focused individual conferences, flexible small-group inst . . . CAFE - Teacher Reflection about CAFE (VIDEO) Following is a debrief interview with Kelly, a first grade and featured teacher on The Daily Café. In this video, Kelly shares how she uses The Literacy Cafe Menu with her first graders. She discusses using the strategies on the Cafe with her whole group, small groups and individuals. Kelly shares that knowing the Cafe' Menu strategies has helped make he . . . The Cafe Book is Out! Clark was the very first person to purchase a copy of our new book. (He got a copy even before we did!) Thanks for letting us touch it Clark! Clark was the very first person to purchase a copy of our new book. (he got a copy even before we did!) Thanks for letting us touch it Clark! . . .