Scaffolding

Every student reads, writes, thinks and talks in every classroom every day. Scaffolding ﻿Guiding Questions  What is scaffolding? How does scaffolding support student learning? What are some techniques teachers can use to scaffold new learning for students?

With a partner discuss the Guiding Questions. Record your thoughts about each question. 

Key Principles and Goals With your partner, examine the Key Principles and Goals and the Scaffolding Article. Note any connections between them and your responses to the Guiding Questions. Note any ideas or statement that make a connection to your ideas about scaffolding in the classroom.



 

Examining Scaffolding Techniques

1. With your partner, read the article, //Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Interaction with Text//. //Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Student Interaction with Text // Use this website to access the Reading Strategies article.
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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">To access the web link, hold the control key and click on the name of the activity.
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On the bar at top of the page, place the cursor on ACADEMICS. From the hand-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.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. With your partner, examine the lesson plan with scaffolding as the focus stragegy. Discuss how you could 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 you might use one of them with your students.

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[|http://www.greece.k12.ny.us]

On the bar at top of th page, place the cursor on ACADEMICS. From the hand-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.