This week in class we clarified, connected, and deepened our knowledge about supporting and challenging students.
As we discussed before, activities need to be developmentally appropriate for our students. This week, I show you some activities that are appropriate for kindergarten, lower-elementary, and upper-elementary students. Here are the activity sheets that we used in this week’s class.
Once we have chosen appropriate activities (based on the skills, concepts, or attitudes that you want to teach), now we need to plan our scaffolding. Here are two important concepts to consider:
- Scaffolding needs to fit your students’ development.
- Your scaffolding needs to lead toward the skills, concepts, or attitudes that you are trying to teach.
Lastly, we discussed 3 specific scaffolding strategies: verbal scaffolding, instructional scaffolding, and procedural scaffolding. Look for examples in your classes!
