This blog is our first step toward bringing teachers from the Lincoln County School District together to talk about sometime we are all passionate about: literacy.
The focus for this Professional Learning Community is The Daily 5 (second edition) and The CAFE Book, both by "The Sisters", Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. We will also reference the website, http://www.thedailycafe.com/, for those with individual website memberships.
We have developed a plan for the remainder of the school year that we believe will allow us to read (or reread) the books and begin implementing what we learn in a way that also honors the fact that we are teaching full time. At Oceanlake and Taft Elementary schools, part of the school improvement plan will include ongoing observations and support related to our readings. The link to the Google calendar will be posted on this blog soon so that you can see our proposed plan for reading and implementing Daily 5 and CAFE.
This blog is meant to be interactive. We will have regular posts that we ask encourage everyone to respond to - that's how we learn together and how we remain connected.
To begin, we ask everyone to reply to this post. Share with us your name, your school, your grade level, and why you've joined the PLC. You will need to log into your LCSD Google account to post.
We look forward to learning with you.
Kelsey Culbertson, Second Grade Teacher at Taft Elementary. I joined this PLC because I love the Daily 5 and how it helps my whole literacy block and am always looking for new ideas to help improve that time.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Kelsey! Thanks for joining the PLC.
DeleteRachel Martin, 5th grade teacher at Taft Elementary. I joined this PLC group because I want to become confident and fluent in applying the Daily 5 and CAFE model in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Rachel! We look forward to supporting your goal of being "confident and fluent" with Daily 5 and CAFE implementation.
DeleteJennifer Napoleon, Reading Specialist as Oceanlake Elementary. I joined this PLC because I want to be apart of great teaching in Lincoln County.
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer!
DeleteI look forward to your leadership in this PLC with your expertise in Daily 5 & CAFE implementation.
Nick Culbertson, 4th Grade Taft Elementary. I joined the PLC because I want to effectively implement the Daily 5 and CAFE in my classroom. I have seen it be very effectively used in teaching and assessing students of various ability, which is greatly needed in my classroom. I want to make sure that I am giving every student a chance to succeed in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Nick! I appreciate your desire to ensure that you are "giving every student a chance to succeed". We look forward to supporting your goal of effective implementation of Daily 5 and CAFE.
DeleteLinda Parker, First Grade Teacher at Oceanlake Elementary. Last year was my first attempt at using the Daily 5 Cafe model in the class. I joined this PLC to get help with implementing Daily 5 so my students are getting the most out of core.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Linda! I love what you said about "students getting the most out of core" - this really is about meeting each of their needs. We look forward in supporting your further implementation of Daily 5 and CAFE.
DeleteKathy Elbert, Kindergarten teacher at Oceanlake. I joined the PLC so that I can get some ideas on how to best implement Daily 5 and CAFE into the short 2.5 hour kindergarten day.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Kathy! I'm super excited that you're a part of the group. The half day kinder day does put an interesting spin on Daily 5 and CAFE. In previewing the book and website, I see that The Sisters address half day. We look forward to supporting your implementation in kinder.
DeleteStarla Nelson, Kindergarten at Oceanlake. I used Daily 5/Café when I taught first grade last year, I joined this PLC to gain a better understanding around how to successfully use it in a kindergarten classroom, especially since we have limited independent skills.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Starla! What an advantage for you to have utilized the Daily 5/CAFE structure in 1st grade. Now you have a clear of idea of where students need to go and where you can take them as kinders. We are looking forward to supporting you as you teach kinders the skills they need to be literate beings.
DeleteWelcome Pallas! We are excited to have you join the PLC & we look forward to supporting you as you implement Daily 5/CAFE to strengthen your literacy block.
ReplyDeleteSally Hunt 1st grade at Oceanlake. I joined the PLC because I want to fully implement the Daily 5/Cafe in my classroom. Last year teaching Kindergarten I was only able to implement parts of it. I want to make sure that my 1st grafe students now are getting the most out of Core. Then I'll be ready to implement next year in all day Kindergarten!
ReplyDeleteSally, I'm super excited that you're a part of the group. I think that you have a lot to offer in terms of the 1/2 day kinder to full day kinder perspective->you've lived in both worlds in our district. Getting the most out of core is key and has direct impact on what happens in challenge/intervention. Looking forward to being part of the "fully implemented" aspect of Daily 5. :o)
DeleteSusan Roebber ~ 3rd Grade Teacher, Taft Elementary
ReplyDeleteI joined the Daily 5 / Cafe PLC in order to implement this model more completely and more effectively in my classroom. I love the strategies and the structure that support students in their development as strong, independent readers and writers.