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About CAFE

Assessing young readers involves more than determining a reading level and moving them onto the next. We developed the CAFÉ Menu to help students understand and master different strategies used by successful readers.

CAFÉ is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary, and the system includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing small group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals, and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student needs and fine tuning one on one conferring.

This is the topic of our new book The Cafe Book.

To get started click on the links below or on the right hand side of the site locate The Literacy Cafe Menu. Click on The CAFÉ Menu under that category and voila, The CAFÉ Menu will appear. Next, Click on the Goals of Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand Vocabulary, and even Behavior at the bottom. You'll be taken to all of the articles, templates and videos related to that goal. If you want this narrowed down by strategy, go back to The CAFE Menu.

Now, click on any strategy on the menu and you will arrive at a page listing all the related pages on our site to support that strategy. Notice the categories, Downloads, Articles, Videos, Books and Parent Pipeline. Click on any link and it will take you directly to the page to support that strategy.

As we add new articles, pages and videos each week, they will be added to these specific pages.

CAFE - Parent Pipeline Back Up and Reread
Have you ever been reading a book, gotten to the end of a page and realized you didn't remember anyt . . .
CAFE - Perfect Poems (Lesson)
What's the best way to learn sight words? No matter what you call them...high freque . . .
Book - Elmer - Predict What Will Happen Next
Elmer, the elephant, is most unusual. He is covered with an extraordinary rainbow col . . .
Book - Hop on Pop - Use Beginning and Ending Sounds -
Who better to focus on words and sounds than Dr. Seuss.? This story is a "good fit" t . . .
CAFE - Parent Pipeline-Practice Common Sight Words
Parent Pipeline ~ Practice Common Sight Words and High Frequency Words by: Allison Behne Teachi . . .
Parent Pipeline - Use the Picture... Do the Words and Pictures Match?
by Allison Behne When adults share picture books with children, they help to build their l . . .
CAFE - A COACH CAFE for Professional Development (Download)
We love that you take the information we provide and tweak it to fit your style and meet your needs! . . .
CAFE - Parent Pipeline - Back Up and Reread
By: Allison Behne Have you ever read a book and got stuck on a page because your mind drifted . . .
CAFE Menu - An Example for Teachers
Here is a picture of the Literacy Cafe Menu in Amy Rudd's Literacy Resource Room. Amy is a Lite . . .
Home Reading Program - Parent letter
by Trish Prentice I love to read books! Do you? My hope for your child is that they l . . .
CAFE - Ready Reference Guide - Make a Mental Image (Download)
Ready Reference Guides contain the most important information you need to know about a Cafe Menu str . . .
CAFE - The CAFE Menu and Strategies-Just a Click Away
We have been working behind the scenes on our website to make accessing CAFE articles, templates and . . .
CAFE - Changes to the CAFE Menu
If you've been to our conferences in the past and if you've read the CAFÉ Book, you may have . . .
CAFE - Spanish CAFE Menu (DOWNLOAD)
Are there any Spanish speaking/reading students in your class? Do you teach Spanish immersion, or w . . .
Cafe Menu for Emergent Readers (DOWNLOAD)
Yes, here it is, our first attempt! We are on the 30th draft of the CAFÉ Menu, so to share t . . .
CAFE-Historical Overview-(DOWNLOAD)
One thing we love about teaching is the evolving nature of it. As professionals, we are always lear . . .
CAFE - Literacy Cafe Menu Bulletin Board Headings (DOWNLOAD)
We have received an overwhelming number of requests from members to make the Literacy Cafe headings . . .
CAFE - Literacy Cafe Menu (PHOTO)
Thousands of you have asked to see a photo of The Café Menu in our Classroom. Here is a pict . . .
The Literacy CAFE Menu (DOWNLOAD)
CAFÉ is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary, four resear . . .
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