Thursday, July 21, 2011

Don't you just L.O.V.E. Freebies?

So I sat down this evening to send out a reminder about my 100 follower celebration giveaway and to my surprise I now have 199 followers!  I am AMAZED (and thrilled) about all the awesome teachers and comments I have encountered on this little place in cyberspace SO I thought what better way to celebrate than to send out some freebies.  So sit back and get ready to download!  I was introduced to the Daily 5 and CAFE' books last summer by my teacher friends.  I took them with me on my vacation to St. Thomas last year and enjoyed every page as I finished both books listening to the waves of the carribbean ocean.  I came back so excited and couldn't wait to implement my Daily 5 routine and put up my CAFE board.  Here is what my CAFE board looked like:


After I put up my cafe board, my teacher partners started talking about switching the letters around in CAFE to FACE and introduce these strategies as part of "The FACE of a reader".  I really liked this idea and thought my first graders would relate a lot better to this analogy ~ so I changed my board to look like this:


As you all know, I have a camping theme in my room (and very partial to polka dots) so I created a bunch of CAFE (or FACE) headers for my board before I finally chose my favorite to display.  I printed out the headers on paper then glued them to polka dotted scrapbook paper and laminated them. 

I then typed up ALL the strategies that go with each header and cut out, laminated and would place on my board as I taught each strategy.  (I know this goes against the sisters a little - but it was my first year teaching first grade and couldn't imagine these little guys writing all these strategies out on sentence strips.)  I surrounded each strategy with a border the same color as my header section.  For example:  All fluency strategies are outlined in blue, all accuracy strategies are outlined in orange, etc.  This helped easily locate and organize my strategy cards.  I only wish I had a picture of my board AFTER my strategies were up, but no such luck.  You will find a variety of header cards below (click on the pictures to download) and then strategy cards for each header.



 

Comprehension Strategy Cards

Accuracy Strategy Cards

Fluency Strategy Cards

Expanding Knowledge Strategy Cards
I hope you find these useful.  I am so thankful to each and everyone of my followers.  I don't feel like I have much to offer but love teaching, love sharing and love kids.  I hope to have much more as the new school year begins. 

OH ~ and don't forget that tomorrow is the last day you can enter my giveaway to win any one item from Mrs. Will's Kindergarten TpT store AND a $25 Target gift card! 

Good Luck!

33 comments:

  1. Thanks, but how do I get the freebies? I really like your designs.
    First Grade Frame of Mind

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  2. I love how you changed CAFE to FACE!

    http://quenchyourfirst.blogspot.com

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  3. Very lovely! This will be my first year doing Daily 5/Cafe and I can't decide if I want to do CAFE or FACE. Decisions, decisions!
    http://www.firstgradebrain.com

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  4. Hi I was on TpT and I came across your themed restroom passes and they are very cute! I especially like how you displayed them. I am doing a zebra/jungle theme in my room. Do you have any clipart that will match a jungle or safari themed room

    Thank you in advance
    Ms. Patterson
    pocketfullofkinders.blogspot.com

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  5. Love the freebies! Thanks for sharing. :)

    And I love "The FACE of a reader!"

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  6. I LOVE your CAFE / FACE boards!!! Do we need to do something special to download the freebies? I do not see them listed.

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  7. I love your ideas. I wasn't able to download the last freebies though. Please repost them or let us know how to download. Thanks

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  8. i love this board, and i am just hearing about all this daily 5 and cafe stuff....im going ot have to read up on it! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  9. I had several of you say you could not download the freebies. I uploaded the links again (please click on the pictures). If that doesn't work, please let me know. Thanks for all the fabulous comments.

    Nicole

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  10. Ms. Patterson - Let me look and see what I have and I will get back with you shortly. :)

    Nicole

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  11. I didn't have a problem with getting any of these to download except for the Accuracy Strategy Cards. Can you send them to me via e-mail at hdawntn@hotmail.com?

    Thanks!

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  12. Hi Nicole - I love how you adapted the CAFE info to fit your room I would also like to use them in my classroom. I am not able to download the Accuracy Strategy Cards - could you email them to my school address? dgarrett@pasco.k12.fl.us Thank you for sharing these wonderful ideas. I love them.

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  13. I fixed the link on the accuracy cards (I think) but went ahead and emailed you both the file. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  14. Wonderful signs for the Cafe bulletin board. I'm using the dot bulletin boarder as well!! It's wonderful! What font are the posters in? I'm unable to print becuase I do not have that font. Thanks for these wonderful signs and strategy cards!!
    Heather

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  15. Heather, What posters are you referring to? If it is the strategy cards, the font is Set Fire to the Rain. Since these are all pdf files, you should be abled to download the file from google docs and then print the file. Let me know if you are still having trouble and I can email you the pdf file to print.

    Nicole

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  16. I love those strategy cards. I do a modified version of the Daily 5, but don't do cafe. Anyway, super cute cards!Thanks for sharing them.

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  17. Great idea to change the letters around, but what do you put underneath them on the board? Or do I need to read the CAFE book?

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  18. Bethany - YES, definitely read the cafe book. But under each heading (it doesn't matter what order they are in) you list strategies that teach that skill. For example - C stands for Comprehension, and then under the C heading are strategies relating to comprehension such as "I predict what will happen", "I back up and reread". Each of these strategies can become mini-lessons and you add them as you go. (Please read the CAFE book, I probably am not explaining this very well.) Hope that helps. Thanks for your comment.

    Nicole

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  19. Hello Nicole-
    I love the freebies!! Thank you for sharing! Best of luck this year.

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  20. I hate asking but do you know why when I go to print some files (like the first posters you have for CAFE) and the font on the middle always shows up as black lines? Help!!!

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  21. Dana - I'm not sure. I went to google docs, downloaded the file and everything looked ok. But if you are having problems printing, let me know which file you want and I will gladly email it to you. Hope that helps.

    Nicole

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  22. I like the first one that appears on the screen...with the girl in the pink dress. The large C and the girl show up for me..but not the writing that describes each card. So stinking frustrating. Someone said its because I don't have the font. Do you know what font it is?

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  23. I LOVE these CAFE signs. I have tried and tried to print them but it's just not letting me. I don't know what I am doing but it brings up the pictures but not the font. Any ideas? I love the last ones with the mushrooms & caterpillars. My email is jdubbs@q.com Thanks for your wonderful ideas!

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  24. Just found you on Pinterest. Goosh I love that place. I love your comprehension cards. I have a camping theme and they will work great!

    -Lauren
    www.weeklyhive.blogspot.com
    Come share with me!

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  25. I love the CAFE labels, but I need 5th grade wording. I can't seem to find the font on the web so I can recreate your posters. Is it a free font I can download? Thanks

    Vicky
    purplecow65@sbcglobal.net

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  26. any one find a CAFE/FACE homework style page? I found one, downloaded it (or thought I did). It was in a grid style format and had 3 of the Daily Five for kids to do at home (Listen, read to self, read to other)and a spot for parent signature. IT WAS AWESOME!
    olyfish@frontiernet.net

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  27. Where do you get your clip art to make the CAFE headers? I love the little kids!

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  28. Can you please share where you got the graphics for the kids and the alphabet for your first set of "FACE" posters (the ones where the capital letters are made out of children)? I searched Scrappin' Doodles but couldn't find those particular images. Thanks!

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  29. WOW! These are great! I can't wait to use them! Thanks so much!

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  30. Hi! I love your CAFE signs! Do you have one in the bug template that says "Expand Vocabulary" instead of expand knowledge?

    Thanks!
    Marian

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  31. Can you e-mail it to me? mcregger@wcpss.net

    Thanks so much!
    Marian

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  32. I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for making these cards and making them free. You have saved me a lot of time. They are so cute and I can not wait to make them for my classroom.

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  33. Thanks for the CAFE freebies. It really helped me get my stuff ready to go. I like the FACE idea.

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