Okay everyone...I'm going to call this "Talk About it Tuesday". I don't know if anyone else does anything like this on Tuesdays, but today I thought I would ask a question for everyone.
Here goes: do you use CAFE/Daily 5 in your classroom? I know that it is very effective in 1st and 2nd, but I don't know if it is workable in 3rd. I took a class on it last summer and was ready to go...didn't work out so well. Then I reread the book again this year, but once again I find it hard to implement with state testing at the third grade level.
I'm also curious about Guided Math. I'm reading that one now. Sorry to ask a question and not share today, but I was just curious what you guys all do.
Thanks-
Tracey :)
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Wow! Thank you Aimee!
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I have used D5 & CAFE effectively with 2nd and 3rd grade. Our state testing begins in 3rd grade and our kiddos usually do pretty well. Do you have any specific questions I can answer? I'm going to give guided math a shot this year with 2nd grade.
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Hi Storie! Thanks for responding. Here goes: The hardest part for me last year was the amount of time it took in the beginning of the year. I have to get through my reading basal and I couldn't fit in the amount of time it took to prepare the class with what I had to fit in. Do you use a basal with it? And did you follow the step by step pacing as stated in the book???
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