Instructional Playbook

Scaffolding Examples

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Scaffold

Description

Teacher Moves

Examples

Tools used to introduce new content and tasks to help students learn about the topic: Venn diagrams to compare and contrast information; flow charts to illustrate processes; organizational charts to illustrate hierarchies; outlines that represent content; mnemonics to assist recall; statements to situate the task or content; rubrics that

Connect new content to previous knowledge. Provide word banks and/or sentence frames. Make it user friendly. Model how to use the advanced organizer. Provide templates and examples for students to use in future learning activities.

Teacher creates a flow chart for students to complete as they are learning about the water cycle. A word bank is provided for students, and boxes are provided for students to draw pictures of each step in the cycle.

Advanced Organizers

provide task expectations.

Provide new information such as verbal instruction and informational text in digestible chunks.

Keep verbal instructions, readings, etc. to small, manageable amounts of content. Intersperse with engagement opportunities for learners to write, speak, read or create as they implement and process the instruction. Actively model the manipulatives. Encourage learners to use the manipulatives and ask questions when they need support or more information.

Teacher manipulates a text by adding headings to specific chunks or pieces to highlight main ideas that match the main ideas in a graphic organizer.

Chunking

Provide learners with markers, toothpicks, blocks, or coins to support hands-on learning and provide concrete models to help learners solve problems and develop understanding of abstract concepts. The learners can manipulate the items to increase their understanding and come to accurate conclusions. May also

When learning how to tell time on a clock, the teacher provides miniature clocks where learners can manipulate the hands of the clock to show the appropriate time.

Manipulatives

include virtual manipulatives.