CAFE

Engaging ALL
students in Daily
Literacy
Assessment &
Instruction
Place your screenshot here The Sisters discussing
the Benefits of CAFE
and how it Fits
Requirements
Research Base for
CAFE
1946 - Emmet Betts spoke about matching readers with
appropriate text that they can read independently

1985 Diagnosing students strengths and needs in reading and

designing the path of instruction and practice for students

2000/2006 - Effective classrooms have a distribution of

whole-class, small-group, and side-by-side instruction
 Things to keep in mind
from the Sisters
Teachers are conscientious and want to do things right and
well. They desire a scaffold that will support them in this
endeavor.

Teachers want freedom to adjust the scaffold to meet the

diverse needs of the students they work with every day.
 Things to keep in mind
from the Sisters
Fair is not always equal

We are works in Progress...and

so is CAFE Assessment
1. Core Elements
1. Notebook/Binder with Key
Recording Forms
a. Record Keeping Forms
b. Calendar
c. Individual Student Conference Forms
d. Strategy Group Planner
1. Core Elements
2. Children meet with the teacher
during literacy workshop
a. Conferences to assess, receive focused
explicit instructions, set goals, and follow up
on progress
b. Teacher keeps track of progress on goal
sheet and schedules next conference
1. Core Elements
3. Small Group Instruction
a. Based on similar needs in one of the CAFE
categories
i. Based on strategies
ii. Not necessarily reading levels
1. Core Elements
4. Whole Group Instruction
a. Based on needs that emerge for many
children
b. Often using text form whole-class read alouds
or other shared material

SELECTING TEXTS
 Notebook and Record Keeping
2. Forms
Calendar Forms
a. Accountability
b. Pace
 Notebook and Record Keeping
2. Forms
Keeping Track Form
a. Meet each childs needs
b. Ensures no one slips through
the crack
 Notebook and Record Keeping
2. Forms
Strategy Groups Form
a. Creates Flexible Groups based on
similar goals
b. Children in the groups will all be
reading different books at different
levels
c. Once a group or individuals show they
have mastered the strategy and are
ready for a new goal, cross their
names off
 Notebook and Record Keeping
2. Forms
Dividers/Tabs for Each Child
a. CAFE Menu
i. CAFE Menu for Emergent Readers
(K3 - K5)
b. Reading Conference Form
c. Writing Conference Form

Setting up the Pensieve

 Strategy Groups
7.
How are your small groups
currently set-up?
 Strategy Groups
7.
K3 - 1st Video - If You Give A
Mouse a Cookie

Grade 3 - 5 Non-Fiction
Strategy Group
 Strategy Groups
7.
Review Coaching with a
Target Form

How would you modify the

form?
 RtI Form

Use all different student modifications before getting to Tier 3

If you do Tier 3 and there are still concerns, that becomes a reason for
referral for Special Education.
Daily 5
Launching Daily 5 and CAFE
Week 1
10 Steps to Independence (Chapter 3)
Good-Fit Books (Chapter 5)
3 Ways to Read
Intermediate
Stamina - Goal of 20-25 minutes
Barometer Child
Class Culture
Daily
Introducing Lessons
5 Correct/Incorrect
Day-by-day Lessons
for getting started
Lets create Anchor
charts!
Daily
Read to Self
5 Hows it going?
Work on Writing
Reading Responses
Paragraph of the Week
Journal
Writing Project
Daily
Read to Self
5 Share a Star!
What next?
Conferencing
Lower Grades
Upper Grade
What do you want yours to
look like?
Daily
5 Conferencing
Conferencing
Lower Grades
Upper Grade
What do you want yours to
look like?