Literacy Model in Our Classroom
The Daily Five Framework
*The Daily Five and CAFÉ literacy programs will be used to meet the expectations of the Grade 2 BC curriculum.
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Dear Parents, Welcome to my classroom! This will be a year filled with many new experiences for your child. Each day we will be actively engaged in learning. We have just begun our Daily 5 and CAFÉ adventure! This is the reading and writing program implemented in my classroom, however, I have made some variations to accommodate my teaching style and other programs that I use in the classroom for literacy. Daily 5 is the structure we will use to plan our morning. Children will be busy completing meaningful literacy tasks. The choices will be:
Right now, we are focusing on increasing our stamina to work independently during Read to Self. Within the next few months, the other choices will be introduced. While the students are completing their literacy tasks, I will be meeting with small groups and conferencing with individual students. Daily 5 is how we schedule our language block. CAFE is what we study during this time. CAFE is an acronym for the four major components of reading. They are:
The children will learn reading strategies within each category. These strategies will become tools for the children to use to help themselves become better readers and writers. I will keep you informed when new strategies are introduced to the whole class through weekly newsletters and your child's individual strategies through Parent Pipelines. Both of these communications will give you clear directions as to how to reinforce these concepts when you read with your child at home.
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CAFÉ Reading Strategies
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Community of Learners - Writing, Oral and Reading
"Community of Learners is a method of organizing a classroom to facilitate on-task, constructive interaction and exchanges among students. The students learn to share ideas and ask questions to assist each other to refine thinking and written work. COL encourages students to accept responsibility for their learning and capitalizes on the students’ strengths as learners. The methodology is introduced to students as a writing model" (SD72).