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 <drmarinac...@aol.com> 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 <donn...@optonline.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>; mosaic <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > 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" <elemteac...@hotmail.com> > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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
