I would highly recommend the Cafe book. I dabbled with it last year with my 2nd graders and I will use it this year in 3rd grade. The daily 5 is more like a management system. I will use it this year also, more like the "daily 3". The Cafe book explains how you can take your standards, align them with CAFE (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, Expanding Vocab), and helps you become real specific as to what strategy the child needs. It is great for individual conferences. I like it and hope to use it more this year. Check out their site if you want more info before you buy the book, but I do recommend it. You can tailor both the cafe and daily 5 to your needs in the classroom. Good luck! Susanne
--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Stewart, L <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stewart, L <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Cafe Book To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 9:18 PM Would someone please comment on the Cafe Book. I would like to know how it differs from the Daily 5. Can it be used on its own? What does it add to Daily 5? I bought The Daily 5 last summer, but it wasn't a good fit for my teaching style and third graders. Leslie To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. ~ Gaston Bachelard ~ <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/> _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
