These are scaffolds that work well with young learners.
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. A popular form of scaffolding is brainstorming or mindmapping, which is a form of assessing students’ past knowledge of any given topic. However, it is far from ideal as it tests students in a public manner, potentially embarrassing them. Further, only one student […]
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of this scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… ‘What you do on the first days of school will determine your success or failure for the rest of the school year.’ Comforting words? Probably not. Yet the sentiment is sound and comes from
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Language awareness is important for language learners at any age. This does not mean that we need to isolate grammar teaching, but rather intentionally incorporate and reinforce appropriate grammatical structures in content classes. As educators, we need to draw student attention to key
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… Language is the most powerful, most readily available tool we have for representing the world to ourselves and ourselves to the world.* Up until three years of age, c…………..* Presenting activities that give them the opportunity to verbalise what they
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. One of the greatest challenges we have as pre-school teachers is to help students to avoid cognitive overload. We have an enormous quantity of information we want to present to them, but many times, we ask our young learners to assimilate a bulk
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… The use of textbooks is a controversial topic in education. Especially at pre-school level. Are textbooks necessary for young learners? Do they benefit or constrict learning? Do offering structure to the school year or are
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Creating and using concept maps tends to have a high positive impact on student achievement.* Concept maps (graphic organisers) help students to see how various pieces of knowledge relate to one another. It helps structure their thinking. ** Venn diagrams are one type
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Cultural differences extend far past language, greetings, gestures, dress and beliefs. The very space we create when we meet people – or the absence of that space – is indicative of where we come from and what our understanding is of the comfort
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Helping our shy or underperforming students speak in a language or a content class is often challenging. Many times the underlying reason for their reticence is simply that they don’t want to expose their lack of knowledge of the subject or – more
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. The first days of school often begin with book lists either sent home to parents, posted on the walls of our classroom, or presented to our students as a preview of what the school year will hold. This scaffold helps us to make
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