CAFE Reading Strategies
CAFE Strategies
CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. Gail Boushey and Joan Moser developed this system which allows goal setting with students and posting of goals on a whole-class board.
Below is a copy of the CAFE Menu that is in our room.
| Comprehension |
Accuracy |
Fluency |
Expanding Vocabulary |
| I understand what I read | I can read the words | I can read accurately, with expression and understand what I read | I know, find, and use interesting words |
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STRATEGIES |
STRATEGIES |
STRATEGIES |
STRATEGIES |
| Check for understanding | Cross checking – Do the pictures and/or words look right? Does it sound right and make sense? | Voracious reading | Voracious reading |
| Back up and reread | Use the picture – Do the words and picture match? | Read appropriate level text that are “Good Fit” | Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing |
| Monitor and fix up | Use beginning sounds and ending sounds | Reread text | Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams |
| Retell the story | Blend sounds, stretch and read | Practice common sight words and high frequency words | Use word parts to determine meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations |
| Use prior knowledge to connect with text | Flip the sounds | Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text | Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning |
| Make a picture or mental imageMake a Movie | Chunk letters and sounds together | Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc…) | Ask someone to define the word for you |
| Ask questions throughout the reading process | Skip the word and then come back | Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools | |
| Predict what will happen,use text to confirm | Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense | ||
| Infer and support with evidence | |||
| Use test features(titles, headings, captions, graphic features) | |||
| Summarize text,include sequence of main events | |||
| Use main idea andsupporting detailsto determine importance | |||
| Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text | |||
| Recognize literary elements (genre, plot, character, setting, problem, solution) |
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