CAFE Menu: Motions to Help Learning Stick

Note:

Beth is beginning to teach her class the headings on the CAFE Menu: Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expand Vocabulary. This lesson introducing the goals is used throughout the year to review when needed.

Watch and Listen:

• Beth Lawson teaches her students kinesthetic motions for the meaning of each heading. Is this something you will teach your students?
• What value do you see in teaching students the goals and the meaning of each goal?

Reflect:

• What adaptations, if any, would you make to teach this lesson to your students?
• When might you review this with your class?

CAFE Essential Elements:

• Teach—6.1 Introduce classroom CAFE Menu to students
• Teach—6.2 Classroom CAFE Menu as an instructional tool