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Ideas Incorporating Daily 5/CAFE!

    
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Creative Lesson Plan Examples:

 Lesson Plan Idea #1: 

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    Let's imagine teaching Daily 5 to third graders. First, I would implement this worksheet up above and hand it out to each student in the classroom. For each day of the week, the students would fill out each row with the book they decided to read that day, giving the students the option of what they want to read. At first, I would have the students choose one of the five daily tasks for one day of the week and then write the book that they read on the sheet of paper so that they can get signed off. This worksheet is a great way to monitor student progress in their literacy and reading as well as makes sure that the students are on task. Towards the end of the week, the students would list the different types of strategies that they are working on and what they learned new that they did not know before.

Lesson Plan Idea #2:


    Let's imagine teaching those same third graders, except now, let's have these students work specifically on their writing. Have each student create a journal and have them work on their forming proper sentences and words. Students can use the journal-paper lines to properly write in a straight line. The more practice they get by writing, the better writer they will become. Have students underline the words they are having trouble with and go around the classroom and see if the students need guided help. If students are having a hard time coming up with what to write, have them draw a picture of a few of their favorite things and describe it in writing. This is one of the many ways that have always helped me when I was a young learner unsure of what to write. Collect the student's journals at the end of the lesson so that they do not get lost and so that the students can always come back to their writing when needed. 

    Additionally, when read to self is implemented in the classroom, most teachers would believe that this is a waste of time because the students doze off and not actually read what they are supposed to be reading. To make this method work, when introducing read to self to your students, have them sit in a proper manner, check for their understanding after they are done reading reading the book of their choice. 

or...

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    Have the students choose a partner to read to. By having them read together, they push each other to read. Ideally, put students of different reading capabilities together so that they can each help one another out. One student may be at a completely different reading level then another student and that is okay. By reading to each other, both of the students make a connection with one another and the classroom reading community will continue to grow even further!


    Also, have the students in the classroom listen to reading using either an audio book or a podcast. By having your students hear the words from the audio, it can help some students have a better understanding of what is going on in the book. Some of your students might prefer to listen to books instead of read books themselves because some of your students still might be struggling with certain words and are having trouble understanding sentences on their own. By giving them the chance to hear a book out loud, it gives them the opportunity to comprehend what is going on in the book.

Conclusion:

    With all these ideas being said, there is not any certain way that you have to teach your students. Never be pressured in teaching a certain way. These are just ideas that might help spark another idea and are here just to provide guidance along the way because teaching is certainly not an easy task to do.

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Here are some helpful strategies/books that can be used to help your students have a better understanding of Daily 5/CAFE!



References: 

 Behne, A., Boushey, G. (2019). The CAFE book. Engaging all students in daily literacy assessment and instruction (The Second Edition), 2-231. United States: Stenhouse Publishers.

    Boushey, G., & Moser, J. (2012). Big ideas behind daily 5 and CAFE. The Reading Teacher, 66(3), 172-178. Retrieved from DOI: 10.1002/TRTR.01116

   Boushey, G., & Moser, J. (2006). The daily 5. Fostering literacy independence in the elementary grades, 3-123. United States: Stenhouse Publishers









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