Q: I sent you an email asking you how to start using Daily 5 in my classroom. How come you didn't respond? I need help!

A: We receive hundreds of emails each week from teachers, and we read every single one of them. We have learned so much from our correspondence with colleagues. But at the same time, we are still in schools, and our first obligation is to our students. We cannot respond to every email because of the sheer volume of mail we receive (though we sure wish we could)! Our frustration with being unable to keep up with the email load is one of the reasons we developed the Daily CAFÉ -- we believe the most efficient way to address the amazing range of questions and needs we've been sent is through video demonstrations, tutorials, and print features. The website is how we provide practical, ongoing support to teachers who are trying out Daily 5 and CAFÉ Assessment in their classrooms and asking for our help.

We would love to be your private coach, taking you step by step through the process of using the Daily 5 and CAFÉ Assessment in your classroom. We just can't do it through a one-on-one email correspondence -- there aren't enough hours in the day to correspond regularly with the thousands of members at the site. If the answer to your question is available on our site, we will depend upon you finding it here or in our Sisters on the spot video section. We promise to keep refining the organization of the site to help you find whatever you are looking for easily whenever you visit here. In addition, if you are just getting started, we have created the "Quick Start Guides" to give more detailed, systematic support. You can access those guides at this link: Quick Start Guides