CAFE

CAFE stands for comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary.  These four components make up the foundation of successful reading.  As students progress through the school year, they will learn about these specific skills, and they will practice them on a daily basis.  Bullets indicate the specific skills that students will learn.

CAFE Menu for Readers
Comprehension: I understand what I read . . .	Accuracy: I can read the words . . .	Fluency: I can read accurately with expression, and understand what I read.	Expand Vocabulary: I know, find, and use interesting words.
·         Check for understanding ·         Back up and reread ·         Monitor and fix-up ·         Retell the story ·         Use prior knowledge to connect with text ·         Make a picture or mental image ·         Ask questions ·         Predict what will happen, use text to confirm ·         Infer and support with evidence ·         Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features) ·         Summarize text (include sequence of main events) ·         Use main idea and supporting details to determine importance ·         Determine and analyze author’s purpose ·         Recognize literary elements (genre, plot, characters, setting, problem, resolution) ·         Recognize and explain cause and effect relationships ·         Compare and contrast within and between text	·         Cross Check – Does it look right?  Does it sound right?  Does it make sense? ·         Use the picture – do the words and pictures match? ·         Use beginning and ending sounds ·         Blend sounds, stretch and read ·         Flip the sounds ·         Chunk letters and sounds together ·         Skip the word then go back ·         Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense	·         Voracious reading ·         Read appropriate level text that are a “good fit” ·         Reread text ·         Practice common sight word and high frequency words ·         Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text ·         Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody	·         Voracious reading ·         Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing ·         Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams ·         Use word parts to determine meanings of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations) ·         Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning ·         Ask someone to define the word for you ·         Use dictionaries and thesauruses