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CAFE - Comprehension- Monitor and Fix Up, Ready Reference Guide (Download)
The term Ready Reference Guide refers to a one page download that gives you the most important information to remember when introducing a strategy from the CAFE menu. This Ready Reference Guide i . . .
Daily 5 - Quick Start Guide #1 Read to Self Part I (DOWNLOAD)
This is the first Daily 5 we introduce to students. We typically teach this on the very first day of school, but you can choose any day to begin the Daily 5. This is Part I of Launching Read to . . .
Daily 5 - The Daily 5 Linear Graphic (DOWNLOAD)
On page 14 of our book, The Daily 5, there is a circular graphic of how we originally visualized this structure. Then our friend, Lynn Senecal from the Quebec school system, showed us the linear repr . . .
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, out . . .
Design - Establishing an Environment for Learning (DOWNLOAD)
A few years ago we started teaching classroom design courses, which have been very well attended. We all spend so much time in our classrooms that it isn't surprising we want them to be and feel beautiful. So, how can teachers get started when thinking through a new classroom design? This is the first tool we share when teaching our "Trading Spaces" classroom design courses, the strategies for working through a new design step by step . . .
Daily 5 - Launching Listen To Reading (DOWNLOAD)
Listen to Reading is typically last to be launched. The routine and consistency with which we launch each Daily 5 component is predictable and comfortable for the children. This consistency, which c . . .
Daily 5 - Launching Word Work (DOWNLOAD)
Each of the Daily Five has a launching chart. By the time we introduce Word Work, students are very accustomed to the routine of starting a Daily Five component. This Daily starts with setting materi . . .
CAFE - Tips on Conferring with Children (ARTICLE)
One of the biggest shifts we made when endeavoring to improve our conferring skills was to truly get up, move about, and start conferring with children one-on-one. We were accustomed to guided readin . . .
Daily 5 - Launching Read to Someone (DOWNLOAD)
Start teaching the many behaviors of Read to Someone well in advance of the day you launch it. This launching chart will help you identify the important behaviors, for example, how to sit next to your . . .
Daily 5 - Launching Work on Writing (DOWNLOAD)
The first day we introduce one of The Daily Five components, we say we are launching that Daily. After read . . .
How do I fit it all into a half day Kindergarten? (DOWNLOAD)
As a half day Kindergarten teacher, the precious minutes of each day with our youngest learners seem to zoom by with blinding speed! Not only do students come to school with little or n . . .
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