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On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sharon Taberski has a new book, I hear is good. From the Ground Up by her > is great. Kylene Beirs (?) has a book that is for upper grades....What > works....I think is the title but it can apply to younger kids. > Sue > > Sue Moore > > > On May 7, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Mena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am considering adding The Cafe Book to my literature circle book list > for my Remedial Reading Course. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I > already have Mosaic of Thought required. > > > > > > > > > > Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D. > > Florida Atlantic University > > Dept. of Teaching and Learning > > College of Education > > 2912 College Ave. ES 214 > > Davie, FL 33314 > > Phone: 954-236-1070 > > Fax: 954-236-1050 > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: donnfox <[email protected]> > > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > [email protected]>; mosaic <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sun, May 6, 2012 11:04 pm > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE > > > > > > Is there anybody from this listserve that is a New Jersey teacher using > Daily 5 > > and CAFE? > > If so could you please email me off list. I would love to visit a > classroom in > > my state to see how this organization and structure works in a 90 > literacy > > block. > > Thank you, > > Donna NJ > > Sent from my HTC Status™ on AT&T > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > From: "mrs. teacher" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: [MOSAIC] Daily Five/CAFE > > Date: Sun, May 6, 2012 3:28 pm > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
