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Scaffolding with Cipher Wheels (Free)

Want a fast, FREE activity to make your lessons dynamic? THIS is it! You’re about to start a unit and you know your students are going to either groan, disconnect immediately, complain that it’s too difficult – anything but engage. Mini-Lessons – a quick 3-step structure to use to plan lessons – solve this problem.
When we begin with a SCAFFOLDING technique – in this case the CIPHER WHEEL – and end with a REFLECTION, we begin celebrating different learning styles, and end asking them to process that information in their own words. CIPHER WHEELS are too much fun for words. Well, words are exactly what the students decipher and use the dynamic to enjoy the new information. Try it and let me know!!!