The Cafe Book, Gail Boushey & Joan Moser, Stenhouse, USA, 2009, 190 pgs.
This is a neat companion to the "The Daily 5", Boushey and Moser's reading workshop program. I must admit, I haven't actually read that book, but I get the general gist of it. Plus, I have my own version of reading workshop - based on Fountas and Pinnell - and I'm just durned happy with that, so. Yeah.
The Cafe Book centres on teaching reading comprehension. I'll definitely adopt the suggestions on individual conferences, and the flexible strategy groups look fantastic - that can most certainly update the tired reading groups. I also liked the Cafe Menu, displayed in the class, as well as the Word Collector. All good ideas. The forms and record-keeping suggestions are excellent, kindly provided on CD-ROM.
Amazing that they can have a literacy block that runs for 3 hours! Oh, the jealousy!
