I'm getting ready to begin CAFE and my first job is to get the CAFE board ready. Since I'll have 14 classes 1st-5th I didn't want to do one board for everyone since I'll be introducing different strategies with different groups. I also wanted to make sure that each group has ownership to the board by making the strategy cards. So, enter trifold boards. I was excited to find black ones at Staples but not happy with the price which was about $9! Then one day while wandering through Hobby Lobby I found not only black ones but blue, red, purple and other colors as well! And the great news was that they were $3.99. Still not a cheap project but much better than the first option. Right next to the boards was beautiful colors of Duct tape. I left there ready to work! I decided on using one color board for each grade level. Here's a few pictures of the process.
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| These are the colors I chose. I'll be adding 4th grade next week so I'll be back to pick up another color for the new group. |
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| I brought in a cutting board to make the process a little easier. I cut the tape in half for the vertical lines. |
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| This is the finished product. I used the Elison cutter for CAFE and printed out the column headers. |
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| If you look to the right you'll see a brown board. That's where I'm storing my boards. They fold up nicely to fit in that box. |
