Daily five

The Daily Five and CAFÉ An Overview

What is The Daily Five?The Daily Five is a literacy frameworkIt is unique in that it is a structure that

helps students develop daily habits of reading, writing, and working together fostering a lifetime of independent literacy

Daily Five OverviewStudents choose between five choices for

readingRead to SelfWork on WritingListen to ReadingRead to SomeoneWord Work

Read to Self

Work on Writing

Listen to Reading

Read to Someone

Word Work

The Daily FiveChoices stay the same

all year and are taught and practiced until students are independent (procedures!)

For each choice you start by creating an I-chart and building stamina

CAFÉ MenuOnce students are independent with Daily Five choices,

CAFÉ is how the teacher works with students while they are doing their Daily Five rotations Small GroupsIndividual Conferences and Goal Setting

CAFÉ teaches students to set reading goals, monitor their own learning, and become more strategic readers

Teacher’s have documentation for each individual student in their conferring notebook (like Sarah shared last year)

CAFÉ Literacy MenuComprehensionAccuracyFluencyExpand

Vocabulary

100% skills basedMini lessons teach the

strategies and then students use them during their Daily Five choices to become better readers

These strategies also become the student reading goals

Pulling it all togetherWhat does a Daily Five reading block look like?

10 minute Phonics Lesson20 minute Daily Five Rotation #1

Each student chooses a Daily Five choice Teacher is working with small groups or doing individual

conferences (CAFÉ)10 minute Vocabulary Lesson20 minute Daily Five Rotation #210 minute Skills Lesson (CAFÉ Strategy)20 minute Daily Five Rotation #3

How does Daily Five and CAFÉ relate to CCSS?No hand holding—teaches independenceCompletely skills based—can be used with any

grade level or curriculumProcedures based—CHAMPS approved Differentiation—book levels and student goals are

completely individualizedStudents take ownership of their own learning

which prepares them for higher education and the real world

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