Our approach to teaching and learning using evidence-based practices.
Daily 5 and CAFE have helped teachers build classrooms where students work with purpose, stamina, and independence. For many teachers, this was the first time the classroom truly worked.
These frameworks made clear that independence can be taught. And when it is, everything changes.
If this work resonates, The Teaching Practice is where we bring these ideas together. It will show you how the practices behind Daily 5 and CAFE fit into a clear, repeatable structure for teaching. Including a step-by-step plan to launch them in your classroom.
Daily 5 showed how to build student independence step by step.
CAFE showed how to respond to students through conferring, using what they show you to guide next steps.
Together, they answered a question teachers still wonder: What are the rest of the students doing while I’m working with a small group?
Students are reading, writing, and practicing with purpose.
They are building the habits that allow learning to continue without constant direction.
This is the foundation.
Over time, something became clear.
Teachers understood how to build independence.
They understood how to confer.
And they still wanted to see how everything fits together.
The missing piece was the structure that connects the Daily 5 and CAFE:
The Teaching Structure now brings everything into one clear design.
It shows how:
It takes the foundations of Daily 5 and CAFE and places them inside a complete, repeatable structure that works across subjects and grade levels.
The work is the same at its core.
Now it’s visible in a new way.
If Daily 5 and CAFE helped you build independence and responsive teaching, the Teaching Structure will show you how it all connects.
This is where the lesson becomes learning that lasts.
If you’re looking for deeper training, you’ll find it inside The Teaching Practice.
It’s where we study the high-impact practices behind Daily 5 and CAFE and how they come together to support independence and lasting learning.
At Teach Daily, we help teachers create classrooms where students know what to do, stay engaged, and carry learning beyond the lesson.
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