The Daily 5, and especially CAFE, do not lend themselves to phonics programs. CAFE is build on teaching word attack, comprehension, fluency strategies and providing time, space, and literacy materials for those strategies to be used and deepened. Mini-lessons are usually developed as a result of teacher observation or other assessment and go along with what most of the kids need to know at that particular time. The conferences with CAFE are where individual student needs, including phonics, are addressed. Guided reading is also often related to what a small group needs in strategy groups. Not that D5/CAFE are opposite from programs such as phonics programs, but they are not really congruent.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Andrea Jenkins <[email protected] > wrote: > We are transitioning to the Daily 5 and CAFE in k-2. I'm curious to know if > any of you have discovered a good phonics program to go along with D5 / > CAFE. Currently, each grade level uses as different program, and we are > moving to a more systematic approach. I'd love some good recommendations. > > Thanks! > > Andrea > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ 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.
