Our Reading Instruction is based on the Literacy CAFE, a management system developed by "The Sisters". It does not replace guided reading, but rather helps me to focus my instruction where it is needed. Students who are working in the same area are pulled as a small group. These are flexible groups based solely on student need. Students in the same group may or may not have the same reading ability. These areas include: Fluency, Accuracy, Comprehension, and Expanding Vocabulary.  Their book uses the acronym CAFE-students read from the full "menu" of strategies! Visit the Daily Cafe page!   Last year's Sweets themed Board    During the Daily 5, our Vocabulary, Strategy, and Skills whole group lessons and CAFE strategy groups lessons (small group) will focus on these strategies and skills.  Comprehension Accuracy Fluency Extend Vocabulary Strategies/Skills Strategies/Skills Strategies/Skills Strategies/Skills *Clarify *Making Connections *Visualizing *Predicting *Questioning *Making Inferences *Determining Importance *Synthesizing *Summarizing *Sequencing *Story Elements *Compare/Contrast *Character Traits *Fact/Opinion *Main Idea *NF Text Features *Cause and Effect *Retelling *Author's Purpose *Back up and Reread *Use Picture Clues *Look for Chunks *Use Context Clues  *Cross-Checking *Reading Just Right Books *Sight Word Practice *Use Punctuation Cues *Use Emotion *Use Phrasing *Echo Reading *Choral Reading *Modeled Reading *Context Clues *Word Parts *Picture It *Look It Up *Text Features *Reference Materials *Tune in to Interesting Words