1st Edition
Construction Zone Building Scaffolds for Readers and Writers
By Terry Thompson
Copyright 2015
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Instructional scaffolding is an essential part of teaching literacy. But what is scaffolding exactly? What does it look like in a classroom, and how can we improve the ways we use it? Despite its prominence in the repertoire of teaching strategies, scaffolding remains a vague concept for many teachers. ' In essence, scaffolding is the idea of supporting students as they build independence. In The... Read more
Chapter 1: Scaffolding: What It Means and What and It Means What for It Means You for You; Part One: Focus; Chapter 2: Getting Focused: Identifying Learning Targets; Chapter 3: Staying Focused: Designing a Plan and Keeping the Goal in Sight; Flexibility; Chapter 4: Flexible Design: Planning Instruction with an Open Mind; Chapter 5: Flexible Delivery: Monitoring Progress and Making Adjustments; Part Three: Feedback; Chapter 6: The Feedback Loop: Observing, Reflecting, and Responding; Chapter 7: The Constructive Feedback: Loop: Observing, Responding Reflecting, Ways That and Foster Responding Independence; Part Four: Responsibility; Chapter 8: Teaching for Responsibility: Putting Learners in Control; Chapter 9: Monitoring for Responsibility: Knowing When To Let Go
Biography
Terry Thompson is an author, teacher, and consultant living in San Antonio, Texas. He trains teachers of readers and writers in grades K–8. Currently a reading interventionist, Terry has served as a classroom teacher, basic skills teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, and literacy coach. He holds a master's degree in psychotherapy and cognitive coaching and travels throughout the country consulting with classroom teachers and literacy specialists. Terry is the author of Adventures in Graphica (Stenhouse, 2008).
