Well we are off to a brilliant start with Daily 5 and for some of us CAFE. It has been just amazing to see the children so engrossed in what they are doing and talking strategies for reading and really understanding their responsibilities with the activities. Loved hearing all the talk of how many stamina minutes your students are all up to.
I'm going to put a post up for each of the rounds for us to add resources to and also for us to discuss and share our ideas as we move through introducing each round. Please contribute to these posts.
A must to sign up to is the Daily 5 wiki! Absolutely awesome resources developed by teachers working with Daily 5 and CAFE as well as videos of teachers teaching and children engaging. Best of all, it's all FREE! Find it at:
www.daily5cafechat.wikispaces.com
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2 comments:
I signed up to the wiki, so much great stuff on there!
I'm noticing moving around the classrooms in Junior School during RFF lessons, just how great all the classrooms are looking with their Daily 5 and CAFE wall displays.
When teaching Music and PDH, I've noticed the children much more engaged and responsive to cross-curricular literacy. They seem to be reading prompts more quickly and they seek out opportunities for silent reading if they are a fast finisher! Not at all like some students in the past who might groan at that suggestion.
It's just lovely to see children excited about books and reading. I am a big reader myself and have always loved books. It's exciting that there's such a buzz around Junior School about reading, writing and improving literacy.
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