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Comprehension
I understand what I read. 
Set purpose for reading
Use prior knowledge to predict and connect with text
Check for understanding; monitor and self-correct
Back up and reread
Make and adjust mental images; use text to confirm
Ask questions throughout the reading process
Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm
Infer and support with evidence
Recognize literary elements (genre, plot, character, setting, theme, problem/resolution)
Retell; include sequence of main events
Summarize text; include important details
Use main ideas and supporting details to determine importance
Use text features to learn important information (titles, headings, captions, graphic features)
Analyze how visual elements integrate and contribute to the meaning of text
Determine and analyze author's purpose and support with text
Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships
Compare and contrast within and between text
Read voraciously (C)
Accuracy
I can read the words. 
Look carefully at letters and words
Listen carefully to sounds
Say the word slowly
Look for word parts
Map it
Try a different sound
Use meaning and context to confirm
Read voraciously (A)
Fluency
I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read.
Read texts that are a good fit
Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody
Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
Reread text
Read voraciously (F)
Expand Vocabulary
I know, find, and use interesting words.
Tune in to interesting words
Use prior knowledge and context clues
Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
Use word parts
Apply understanding of figurative language
Use reference tools such as dictionary, thesauruses, and glossaries
Ask someone to define the word for you
Read voraciously (E)

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These strategies and CAFE Menus were part of the first edition of The CAFE Book.

They are not part of The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition.

CAFE Strategies

Comprehension: Monitor and Fix Up

Accuracy: Abundant Easy Reading

Accuracy: Trade A Word/Guess A Word That Makes Sense

Accuracy: Use The Pictures... Do The Words And Pictures Match?

Fluency: Practice Common Sight Words And High-Frequency Words

Fluency: Read Text As The Author Would Say It, Conveying The Meaning Or Feeling

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