I kind of do both. I have 2 rounds where the students get to choose. I have one round where everybody is reading to self. Our school requires a 15 minute DEAR time (drop everything and read) where the teachers have to read as well. I added about 15 minutes to that, which I use to confer while they read. They sit at their desks instead of choosing where to sit, and eat their snacks while they read. Many of them still choose read to self during one of the other rounds. I have a writer's workshop as well as the work on writing choice.
Michele S. NC ________________________________ From: Patty Zorzi <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 7:19:10 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop vs. Daily 5 / CAFE It wasn't true for me that students spent more time reading using the Daily 5 system. I used the it for 3 years, 1st in Kindergarten(working with Laura!) then in 2nd grade. It may have been my inadequacies in implementing it although I followed the book pretty closely. I got to maybe 2 of the 5 a day, and unless you take some of the choice out of it, students may be missing reading or writing. I went back to a reading workshop model last year and like the amount of reading students due now. I also have a set time for a writing workshop. So far, so good. I have a CAFE menu in my classroom and when I meet with students we talk about areas of reading to work on and set goals for their reading using this language. ---- Original Message ----- From: "Janel Atwell" <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop vs. Daily 5 / CAFE > I just read Laura's response and agree with her. The Daily Five is the > management piece, and adapts well to any grade level. CAFE is a great guide > for teaching reading strategies. As a coach and Title I teacher, I've help > implement them both in our school. They work perfectly with Fountas and > Pinnell's First 20 Days and Lucy Calkins---readers' and writers' workshops. > The "I" charts help students understand the purpose and procedures in each > component, encourage independent work and are should be constantly referred > to. Students spend more time actually reading. However, you must be willing > to spend the time to really teach the procedures. It will pay off in the > long run. > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Andrea Jenkins < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all. Sorry if this is a revisited question. I will be leading my >> language arts team through an evaluation process between the Daily 5 / CAFE >> and TC Reading Workshop Units of Study. Right now we have teachers trying >> both, and to establish a common language, assessments and routines, we need >> to select one. Already, one teacher has asked the differences are between >> the two. I can name some, but since I've never taught Daily 5 / CAFE, I >> cannot speak to it from a teaching perspective. >> >> Can anyone articulate the differences between the two? >> Has anyone made a switch from one to the other? >> Has your school gone through this process? >> >> I'd love some feedback and direction here. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrea Jenkins >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > > > -- Janel Atwell > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
