I know we have ALL felt how rigorous our new literacy curriculum is. The end result is going to be AMAZING for our students, but uffda. It's a lot right now in the messy middle. Here is a fantastic blog post from Timothy Shanahan on how to teach above a student's reading level. May it offer you some helpful tips as you scaffold for your students to help them achieve great things!
In the meantime, let's talk about what scaffolding is. Scaffolding is what teachers do FIRST to help students.
Scaffolds don't stay forever. They are only there as long as a student needs them and the goal is for them to do things on their own.
Scaffolds also aren't complicated. Here are some quick ways to scaffold for student success.
1) Model EXACTLY what kids need to do.
2) Talk about what kids know about the topic BEFORE they learn it.
3) Provide talk time. HAVE KIDS TURN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING.
4) Pre-teach the vocabulary. Thankfully, MyView does this for us. However, make sure you have images and time to talk about the word.
5) Create anchor charts WITH the kids, otherwise it is just a poster and won't be as meaningful.
6) Give kids wait time. Let them think.
What scaffold are you going to try first? Which ones do you already use?
Stay tuned for more information and tips on how to scaffold for student success as the year goes on.
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