1. An Overview

2. What is The Daily Five?
 The Daily Five is a literacy framework
 It is unique in that it is a structure that
helps students develop daily habits of
reading, writing, and working together
fostering a lifetime of independent
literacy

4. Daily Five Overview
 Students choose between five choices for
reading
 Read to Self
 Work on Writing
 Listen to Reading
 Read to Someone
 Word Work

5. Read to Self

6. Work on Writing

7. Listen to Reading

8. Read to Someone

9. Word Work

10. The Daily Five
 Choices stay the
same all year and
are taught and
practiced until
students are
independent
(procedures!)
 For each choice you
start by creating an
I-chart and building
stamina

11. CAFÉ Menu
 Once students are independent with Daily Five choices,
CAFÉ is how the teacher works with students while they
are doing their Daily Five rotations
 Small Groups
 Individual Conferences and Goal Setting
 CAFÉ teaches students to set reading goals, monitor their
own learning, and become more strategic readers
 Teacher’s have documentation for each individual student
in their conferring notebook (like Sarah shared last year)

12. CAFÉ Literacy Menu
 100% skills based
Comprehension
 Mini lessons teach the
Accuracy strategies and then
students use them during
Fluency their Daily Five choices to
become better readers
Expand  These strategies also
Vocabulary become the student
reading goals

14. Pulling it all together
 What does a Daily Five reading block look like?
 10 minute Phonics Lesson
 20 minute Daily Five Rotation #1
 Each student chooses a Daily Five choice
 Teacher is working with small groups or doing individual
conferences (CAFÉ)
 10 minute Vocabulary Lesson
 20 minute Daily Five Rotation #2
 10 minute Skills Lesson (CAFÉ Strategy)
 20 minute Daily Five Rotation #3

15. How does Daily Five and CAFÉ
relate to CCSS?
 No hand holding—teaches independence
 Completely skills based—can be used with any
grade level or curriculum
 Procedures based—CHAMPS approved 
 Differentiation—book levels and student goals are
completely individualized
 Students take ownership of their own learning
which prepares them for higher education and the
real world

16. For more information…
 Read the books! I promise it will be worth
your time!
 Official Website:
http://www.thedailycafe.com/
 Search Daily Five or CAFÉ on Pinterest (tons
of free resources and ideas)
 Email me!
cbellotti@readingedgeacademy.org