This is a version of the CAFE menu we use in class, although in class, the A&E are combined together,
and F stands for Français (mots sans erreur) while the E stands for Écriture (writing). We will alter this guide online later...this is just a guide for now.
Comprehension |
Accuracy |
Fluency |
Expand Vocabulary |
| I understand what I read. | I can read the words. | I can read accurately, with expression, and I understand what I read. | I know, find, and use interesting words. |
| Clarify
*Making Connections
*Visualizing
Predicting
*Questioning
Drawing Inferences
Determining Importance
Synthesizing
Summarizing
*Sequencing
Story Elements
Compare/Contrast
Character Traits
Fact/Opinion
*Main Idea
*Text Features
Cause and Effect
*Check for Understanding
*Back up and Reread
*Retelling
Author's Purpose *Strategies and skills
we will be focusing on this year
Ideas and strategies are taken from: Cafe Lessons, written by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser | *Cross Check *Use Picture Clues
*Look for Chunks
*Use Context Clues
*Skip and Backtrack
Use beginning and ending sounds
Blend Sounds
Flip the Sound
Trade a Word | Voracious Reading
*Read Good Fit Books
*Reread Text
Practice Sight Words
Adjust and apply different reading rates
*Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody | Voracious Reading
*Tune in to interesting words
Use new vocabulary in speaking and writing
Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
*Use word parts to determine the meaning of words
Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning
Ask someone to define the word for you
*Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools |
