Text Scaffolding Plan

HOW TO HELP THE EARTH - BY THE LORAX

GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: THE TEACHER WILL SHOW A COMPLETED QUILT FROM A PREVIOUS CLASS, AND EXPLAIN HOW EVERYONE'S DRAWINGS WILL COME TOGETHER AS ONE. THE TEACHER WILL MAKE AN EXAMPLE DRAWING THAT GOES ALONG WITH RECYCLING, NATURE, OUR EARTH, ETC.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: QUILTS

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. TEACHER WILL READ THE BOOK TO STUDENTS THEN SHOW EXAMPLES.

2. CLASSROOM HELPERS WILL PASS OUT CONSTRUCTION PAPER, CRAYONS, MARKERS AND COLORED PENCILS.

3. EACH STUDENT WILL CREATE A DRAWING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC OF KEEPING OUR EARTH CLEAN, LOOKING THROUGH THE BOOK FOR EXAMPLES OF PICTURES TO DRAW.

4. THE TEACHER WILL GATHER ALL THE DRAWINGS, PUT THEM TOGETHER AND LAMINATE IT TO BECOME A QUILT.

I CAN SAVE THE EARTH

GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: THE TEACHER WILL MODEL QUESTIONS TO GET STUDENTS THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY ARE READING. TEACHER WILL MAKE TEXT TO SELF, TEXT, WORLD CONNECTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: READ ALOUD

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. THE TEACHERS WILL INTRODUCE THE BOOK, HOOK STUDENTS INTEREST AND GIVE A PICTURE WALK. TEACHER WILL SHOW HOW THIS BOOK IS SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS THEY HAVE USED WHEN LEARNING ABOUT RECYCLING.

2. THE TEACHER WILL READ THE BOOK OUT LOUD TO THE CLASS

3. DURING, THE TEACHER WILL MODEL HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS SUCH AS "I WONDER IF...". "I WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT...". OR "THIS BOOK REMINDS ME...".

4. TEACHER AND STUDENTS WILL DISCUSS THE BOOK, ASK QUESTIONS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARNED.

5. COME BACK AND REVIEW THE BOOK THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO HELP WITH COMPREHENSION.

THE THREE R'S: REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE

GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: THE TEACHER WILL HAVE BOXES FOR THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS WE RECYCLE. SHE WILL MODEL HOW WE SORT THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS INTO THE CORRECTLY LABELED BOX. SHE WILL THEN EXPLAIN HOW THE STUDENTS WILL DO THE SAME THING BUT WITH REUSABLE MATERIALS AND WHICH THINGS WE CAN REDUCE.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: SORTING/MATCHING

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. STUDENTS WILL EACH GET A SHEET OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS ALONG WITH A REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE LABEL

2. THEY WILL CUT ALL OF THE PICTURES OUT AND COLOR EACH OF THEM. STUDENTS WILL GO BACK TO THE BOOK IF THEY NEED A REMINDER ON WHAT GOES WHERE.

3. THE STUDENTS WILL THEN SORT AND MATCH THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY AND GLUE THEM ONTO CONSTRUCTION PAPER.

WHY SHOULD I RECYCLE?

GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL WRITE THE TITLE ON THE ANCHOR CHART, EXPLAIN THE THREE R'S AND WRITE ONE EXAMPLE.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: INTERACTIVE WRITING/ ANCHOR CHART

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. THE TEACHER WILL START THE WRITING BY CREATING THE TITLE AND LISTING ONE EXAMPLE

2. THE TEACHER WILL CALL ON THE STUDENTS RAISING THEIR HAND TO COME UP AND SHARE THE PEN

3. EACH STUDENT WILL WRITE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT COULD FIT INTO THE THREE R CATEGORIES.

4. THE CLASS WILL COMPLETE THE ANCHOR CHART TOGETHER,

5. TEACHER WILL READ THE BOOK AND STUDENTS WILL FIND OUT IF WHAT THEY WROTE WAS CORRECT.

WHY SHOULD I SAVE WATER?

GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: THE TEACHER WILL EXPLAIN TRICKY WORDS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WATER CONSERVATION AND GIVE ONE EXAMPLE ON HOW WE CAN SAVE WATER,

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: GRAND CONVERSATION

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. TEACHER WILL READ BOOK TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL RAISE THEIR HANDS AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF WAYS WE CAN SAVE WATER

2. STUDENTS AND TEACHER WILL DISCUSS WHY THEY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAVE WATER

3. STUDENTS AND TEACHER WILL DISCUSS HOW SAVING WATER CONNECTS WITH RECYCLING AND KEEPING THE EARTH CLEAN.

SCIENCE KIDS

GENRE: NON-FICTION EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL HAVE HER OWN RECYCLING LEARNING LOG TO MODEL (ONLY 1 OR 2 PAGES). TEACHER WILL SHOW HOW WE CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE NEW VOCABULARY, TIPS, PICTURES, QUESTIONS, CHARTS ETC.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: LEARNING LOG

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. PREPARE LEARNING LOGS. CREATE THE JOURNAL USING BOTH LINED AND UNLINED PAPER STAPLED INTO BOOKLETS.

2. STUDENTS WILL USE THEIR LOGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE UNIT. THEY WILL TAKE NOTES, DRAW PICTURES, LIST THINGS THEY HAVE LEARNED AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY DISCOVER ABOUT RECYCLING BY USING THE WEBSITE.

3. TEACHER WILL MONITOR THE LEARNING LOGS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS STUDENTS MAY HAVE.

CLEAN AND GREEN

GENRE: NON-FICTION EDUCATIONAL GAME

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL START A LIST OF A FEW OF THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, REUSING AND REDUCING. TEACHER WILL CREATE A VENN DIAGRAM ON THE BOARD AND EXPLAIN HOW WE USE IT.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: VENN DIAGRAM

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. STUDENTS WILL MAKE A VENN DIAGRAM OUT OF HULA HOOPS ON THE FLOOR.

2. TEACHER WILL PASS OUT PICTURE CARDS WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR TOPIC.

3. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE VENN DIAGRAM AS A CLASS. STUDENTS WILL DETERMINE WHICH THINGS ARE SIMILAR, DIFFERENT AND LEARN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE R'S.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS: RECYCLING

GENRE: NON-FICTION EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL HAVE MULTIPLE QUICK WRITE TOPICS TO CHOOSE FROM. SHE WILL SELECT ONE AND SHOW A FAST EXAMPLE AND EXPLAIN HOW IT SHOULD BE ONLY ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF NON STOP WRITING.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: QUICK WRITES

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. TEACHER WILL GIVE STUDENTS A TOPIC THAT DEALS WITH THE UNIT THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. BRAINSTORMING IDEAS AND SHORT PARAGRAPHS. STUDENTS WILL NOT FOCUS ON EDITING.

3. IN SMALL GROUPS THE STUDENTS WILL SHARE WHAT THEY WROTE

FLOCABULARY: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

GENRE: NON-FICTION EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL PROVIDE LYRICS FOR THE STUDENTS AND SING ALONG WITH THEM.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: CHORAL READING/ SINGING

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. TEACHER WILL GIVE STUDENTS THE SONG LYRICS ON A PIECE OF PAPER

2. THE STUDENTS WILL LISTEN TO THE SONG.

3. USING THE LYRICS PAGE, THE STUDENTS WILL SING ALONG TO THE SONG WHILE THE TEACHER PLAYS IT THROUGH THE COMPUTER SPEAKERS.

BRAINPOP: RECYCLING

GENRE: NON-FICTION EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE

SCAFFOLDING FRAMEWORK: TEACHER WILL DO A SEPARATE WORD LADDER FIRST TO MODEL HOW TO COMPLETE ONE AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY WORK.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: WORD LADDER

INSTRUCTIONAL STEPS:

1. TEACHER WILL ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND GO OVER ANY UNKNOWN VOCABULARY WORDS THAT WOULD BE USED IN THE WORD LADDER

2. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE A WORD LADDER EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR WITH A PARTNER.

3. TEACHER AND STUDENTS WILL GO OVER THE WORD TOGETHER, READING THE CLUES AND ANSWERS OUT LOUD.

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