In my classroom I need to share one bulletin board and cabinet space with the church Sunday school that uses the room. I have a feeling they are going to leave up a big bulletin board wooden cover thing that says "Cleaver's Cafe" on it with three different spots where they write what the topic is for each week of Sunday school. I was wondering what am I going to do with that big sign clearly visible as soon as you walk in the door. (Below is a picture from the doorway)
I thought about hanging up curtains to cover it but then I remembered hearing a bunch of teacher bloggers talking about CAFE in their reading corners. And thought, hmmmm, why don't I turn the board into that during the school week. After all, I already have a huge sign for CAFE with no work on my part! I can put a moose or something above it (Cleaver sounds like a good name for a moose to me for some reason...) and make it into Cleaver's Reading CAFE during the school week.
However, CAFE is something new to me. I remember talking briefly about it in a college class, but would love some input from you teachers out there that use it. I can certainly google it (and have and will continue to do so) but input from other teachers is so wonderful to have. Please share any advice on CAFE. How do you use it in your rooms? I also remember seeing some posters for CAFE posted on someone's blog but I cannot remember who that was......Does anyone remember? Please help me figure out how to incorporate CAFE into my 3rd grade classroom!
Elizabeth...check out the Peony room at proteacher.net - There is a wealth of info there to get you started. I higgly recommend buying the CAFE book though. I absolutely LOVE CAFE. What a great idea to use for your bulletin board.
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Thank you so much! I just bought the book last night on Amazon Kindle. Looking forward to reading it. :)
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