Thanks for sharing. I was moved to a new building this year and didn't do Cafe for various reasons. That was a mistake. I am definitely going back to it next year. Great structure for myself and the kids. On May 6, 2012 2:54 PM, "mrs. teacher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all! I am in my 4th year of using the Daily Five and my 3rd of using > CAFE. I teach fourth grade. I read somewhere (not sure where) that the > sisters recommend 3-5 teachers only doing 3 of the 5 "rotations" and that > it is a personal program that you should modify to fit your students' > needs. I have 45 minutes of CAFE time in my room (this is what we call > it). Each day, students have the option of Read To Self, Listen To > Reading, or Word Work. They never HAVE to do Listen to Reading but if they > do, it can only be one day each week and they MUST do Word Work once a > week. However, after the newness of Listen To Reading wore off, I rarely > had students choose that one anymore. Therefore, most of my students have > 45 minutes of sustained, self-selected, on-level reading four days a week. > During this time, I conference with students, giving them purposes for > reading that match their personalized CAFE goal. When I started this, we > blocked and I was the reading teacher. We had 75 minute blocks and 45 of > each one was spent doing CAFE time. Last year, we decided to self-contain > (hallelujah!) and the other fourth grade teachers were excited to try it, > as well. One of my team members from last year moved to second grade last > year and now all of second grade is doing CAFE and Daily Five. I really > don't know what I did before I found it. To me, it is what I should have > always been doing but gave me the organization and structure that I was > lacking in order to do what I knew needed to be done. > > > > STACIE, thanks for your post. I recently had the opportunity to > > observe in two CAFE classrooms where there is a 90-min. literacy block. > > I was impressed with the management and how the students knew what the > > expectations were in each rotation. Here's my concern, and it's really > > for those of youout there who are Columbia trained and also know Daily > 5/CAFE: > > With students changing stations every 22 minutes or so after the > minilesson, > > > > Where's the sustained engagement with 'just right' text? > > Where's the conferring at the heart of the workshop? > > > > > > I would so love feedback from Columbia folks, and if it is more > appropriate to > > contact me directly rather than through this list serve, please do. > > > > Thanks for all your input and support everyone. > > > > Martha > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
