Assessing young readers involves more than determining a reading
level and moving them onto the next. We developed the CAFE Menu
to help students understand and master different strategies used
by successful readers. CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension,
Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary, and the system
includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences,
posting of goals on a whole-class board, developing small group
instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals,
and targeting whole-class instruction based on emerging student
needs and fine tuning one on one conferring. To get started: -
Click on the Interactive CAFE Menu link above and voila, The
CAFE Menu will appear - Next, Click on the column titles
Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand Vocabulary, (also,
Behavior is located at the bottom) to learn about those goals.
You'll be taken to all of the articles, templates and videos
related to that goal. - Looking for other information on The
CAFE Menu such as what's av