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Fluency I can read smoothly with few errors and understand what I read!
"To be considered a fluent reader, the person should be able to decode and comprehend at the same time. Fluency is actually the ability to do at least two things at once." Samuels (2006, 2007) When we started teaching, fluency was the current buzzword, was solely about rate, and was pretty much all we paid attention to. As we've become familiar with current research, it's become clear that fluency is about much more than speed. If your students need to work on true fluency, you will find many ways to help them improve through these videos and downloads.
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CAFE - Improving Pace and Fluency (Video)
In this video, Kelly reviews Chloe's reading goal of fluency and the strategy Back Up and Reread. Watch what happens to Chloe's pace when Kelly asks her to go back and reread to make the reading sm . . .
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Parent Pipeline - Reread Text
Reread Text is the fluency strategy most commonly used to increase speed, expression, and comprehension. It is one strategy on the CAFE menu that does not require much clarification because the title . . .
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Parent Pipeline-Practice Common Sight Words
Parent Pipeline ~ Practice Common Sight Words and High Frequency Words by: Allison Behne Teaching children to recognize words quickly and effortlessly is not an easy job, but it is essential . . .
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FAQ - Are you ever at a loss for a reading goal?
Our biggest challenge after helping students identify reading goals is to narrow down the strategies that would be most useful for them. Most of our new readers need every strategy on the CAFE menu a . . .
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CAFE™ - Fluency - Back Up and Reread (VIDEO)
In this video, Kelly reviews Chloe's reading goal of fluency and the strategy back up and reread. Watch what happens to Chloe's pace when Kelly asks her to go back and reread to make the readi . . .
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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 noticed that the CAFÉ Menu published in the book has undergone a slight transformation from e . . .
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CAFE - Spanish CAFE Menu (DOWNLOAD)
Are there any Spanish speaking/reading students in your class? Do you teach Spanish immersion, or work with students who speak Spanish? Would it be helpful to have a CAFÉ menu written in Span . . .
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CAFE™ Menu for Emergent Readers (DOWNLOAD)
Yes, here it is, our first attempt! We are on the 30th draft of the CAFE™ Menu, so to share this before numerous refinements have taken place makes us feel a little vulnerable. We realize we c . . .
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Launching CAFE™ Day One - A Sneak Peek (DOWNLOAD)
A popular component of our Daily 5™ book was the launching charts in the appendix. Gail loves charts and loves to make them, so she was pleased that so many of you have appreciated them. Since . . .
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CAFE™ - Learning Basic Sight Words (SLIDE SHOW)
We were in Danielle's kindergarten class in Waterville, Maine and observed her students practicing their sight words. We were struck with the independence they demonstrated during this activity. A . . .
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Adding Strategy Cards to the CAFE™ Menu
Our system for posting the reading strategies we've taught our students has evolved over the years. Looking back, it represents a continuum of our own learning regarding strategies and best practices . . .
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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 line . . .
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Literacy CAFE™ Menu (PHOTO)
Thousands of you have asked to see a photo of The CAFE™ Menu in our Classroom. Here is a picture of Joan's CAFE™ Menu taken in early November of last year. The CAFE™ starts with . . .
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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 instruc . . .
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CAFE™ - Fluency - Adjust Reading Rate (VIDEO)
Regardless of the grade we teach, we always have students who need to work on fluency. This lesson is simple and effective when done whole group, small group, and even during a one on one conference. . . .
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CAFE™ - Stamina and Fluency Conference (VIDEO)
Though this conference takes place in September, it isn't too different from a goal setting conference that would take place anytime throughout the year. After stating that he is able to read quickly, . . .
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