CAFE Menu for Emergent Writers

Convey Meaning Accuracy Phonological Awareness I stretch, write and re-read the words I write
Use beginning sounds Use ending sounds Use medial sounds Use detail in drawings Label drawings and/or write beneath drawings Tell story with clear beginning, middle and end Word by word matching

Fluency

Expand Concepts of Print I write so that others can read my writing

Begin writing at left and move right Return sweep Place spaces between words Use capital letter at beginning of sentence Use punctuation at the end of sentence

I tell a story
Independently generate an idea for a story Tell a connected story using pictures and/or words

I write letters and sight words correctly

Use proper letter formation Use emergent spelling Spell sight words correctly