If my thinking is right.....Daily 5 is the management piece---for students to 
be reading/writing independently in the 5 areas so that you can teach CAFE 
-which is the teaching that happens during a mini lesson and students then 
practice what you have taught them as well as in small groups and conferencing 
during the daily 5 block.  Our school uses that approach for the most 
part...Daily 5 and either CAFE/guided reading.  We use the Lucy Calkins units 
of study for writing, but with the new Core Standards--we have to change and 
focus more on informational text and writing about that too....:)
---- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: 
> I am very interested in this thread and hope lots of folk have comments and  
> discussion. I assume what you are talking about when you say ala Lucy  
> Calkins is the new reading Units of Study and I haven't yet heard anyone  
> talking about it or responding to it. I would love to see the materials, but  
> don't see that happening anytime soon, so I'm relying on second-hand  
> experience here. Info, anyone?
> 
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> -----Original message-----
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 16:00:20 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshop and/or Cafe model
> 
> Hi Norma,
> Have you read the daily five in conjunction with the cafe model... it helps 
>  even though it is written for primary and early elementary. 
>  
> I use both reading workshop and cafe.. simultaneously.... I use excerpts,  
> articles, poetry, and picture books to model the comprehension strategies so  
> 
>  there is no need for a class novel.  I think you are correct... the  cafe 
> is the management piece... I teach first grade so I find trying to put in a   
> 
> lot of daily rounds can be overwhelming for me and the kids. Rather I work 
> it  out on a weekly basis.... and I keep writing workshop as a 
> separate.block  in my schedule...I do believe that the bulk of reading  
> workshop should be 
> just  that for reading. In place of writing workshop during the cafe model 
> I use  reader responses for one of the daily rounds...  the kids also 
> practice  word work for one of their rounds but I have blocked out a   
> separate 
> time  for direct instruction. 
> Pam
>  
>  
> In a message dated 8/16/2011 7:51:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> [email protected] writes:
> 
> Our  district was slowing inching towards implementing a Reading Workshop 
> model  (ala Calkins) and have now shifted gears towards the Cafe model.  I 
> have  questions for anyone who's familiar with both.  How do you see them  
> meshing?  What are the advantages of the Cafe over the RW model?   Are there  
> 
> any?  Do you have any advice for us?
> 
> I guess my concerns  are that the Cafe model looks great in helping with 
> the management piece but  is what I would consider to be step 2 in this  
> whole 
> process.  We need to  implement the model (students reading on their own 
> level rather than drag the  class thru one novel) before teachers have 
> something  to  manage.
> 
> Please share any insight you all have into  this!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> norma
> 
> 
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> to 
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