Scaffolding

Every student reads, writes, thinks and talks in every classroom every day.

Scaffolding ﻿Guiding Questions What do you know about scaffolding? How does scaffolding support student learning? What are some techniques teachers can use to scaffold new learning for students? For 2 minutes record your responses to the guiding questions.

Key Principles and Goals With your partner, examine the Key Principles and Goals and the Sample Lesson Plan for connections between the Principles, Goals and Sample Lesson Plan. Write about any observations and connections made by you and your partner. 

Examining Scaffolding Techniques 1. Use this website to access the Reading Strategies article. (Also linked below) [|http://www.greece.k12.ny.us] With your partner, read the article, "Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Interaction with Text." Each activity is linked to a website. You and your partner, choose 2 activities you would like to learn more about. Use the Scaffolding Graphic Organizer to record your findings for both activities. On the bar at top of the page, place the cursor on ACADEMICS. From the drop-down menu, click ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. From the menu on the left, click on READING STRATEGIES. Under READING STRATEGIES, click on topic, e.g. METAPHOR ANALYSIS. Reminder: When you open the Scaffolding Graphic Organizer Save As and change the name of the file. Remember where you saved the file, we will upload the file to this page.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. With your partner, Read the article, "Using Scaffolding Instruction to Optimize Learning." Then, using the sample lesson plan and the article, discuss how you will use scaffolding with your students this week.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">3. With your partner, examine some of these graphic organizers and discuss how they will be used by your students.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. Review the Strategies Bar. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Complete the exit slip questions on the Teachers' page.