Scaffolding
Anticipation Guide
On the anticipation guide provided, mark whether you agree or disagree with each
statement.
What big picture goals do you have for your students?
What is Scaffolding?
• Instructional strategy that helps students connect prior knowledge and experience with new information
• A student’s prior knowledge may come from previous learning in a content area or previous grade level, or from previous life experiences.
Scaffolding will…..
• support students before, during, and after learning new concepts or skills.
• put ideas and concepts into context.• help struggling and proficient readers
engage in a difficult text.
Scaffolding helps students…
• better understand what they are reading and learning.
• build confidence as they access more challenging material.
• develop college-readiness skills (metacognition, problem solving, etc.).
• become skilled and purposeful thinkers and readers.
Scaffolding can and should…• enhance the learning goal of a
lesson/unit.• encourage motivation for learning new
material.• help students transition from needing
teacher/peer assistance to independence.• be removed gradually as students begin
to demonstrate mastery and no longer provided when students can perform the task independently.
Examples of Scaffolding Activities
• Anticipation/Reaction Guide• K-W-L• Low-Stakes Pre-Writing• Annotating Text• Text Protocols (4 A’s, The Final Word,
Block Party)• Chalk Talk• Show and Tell
Examples of Scaffolding Activities
• Graphic Organizers (Flow Chart, Venn, Timeline)
• Guided Notes (not every day or student)
• RAFT: Role, Audience, Format, Topic• Think-Pair-Share• Providing Visual Aids (Picture, Virtual
Tours, etc.)• Verbal Cues and Follow Up Questions
Examples of Scaffolding Activities
• Engineering Design Process (ask, imagine, plan, create, improve)
• Pre-Reading Vocabulary• Modeling a Science Lab• Peer Tutoring (pair strong with weak)• Teacher Feedback/Error Analysis• Mnemonic Devices (PEMDAS, Roy-G-
Biv)
Examples of Scaffolding Activities
1) I Do, You Watch2) I Do, You Help
3) You Do, I Help4) You Do, I Watch
Group Brainstorm
• As a whole group, list examples of Scaffolding activities on chart paper.
• Leave chart paper posted for afternoon session.
Reaction Guide
1) True2) True 3) False 4) False
5) True 6) False 7) True 8) True
9) False 10) True
Questions?