Interactive Notebook

TED 407

Berenice Tellez
Name Tag

Purpose: To learn my students’ names and who they are. This method also helps
other students learn sounds in relation to spelling. Development of academic English
with the use of pictures to help students build their vocabulary.

Procedure: Fold a single construction paper into 3 sections. Write your name or
what you want others to call you. Draw 3 pictures or symbols that represent you.

Scaffolding for English Learners: Development of academic English with use of

pictures to help students’ build vocabulary.
Ink, Pair, Share

Purpose: To use critical thinking to answer a posed question

Procedure: Pose a question to the students. Students answer the question by writing in
their journal for a short period time. Students will then find a partner to share their
answers. After, students will share with the class

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: The “ink” portion of this activity allows Els
time to process information and get ideas down in writing before sharing. Writing
down ideas engages them in language production and output. Sharing with a partner
provides language output and input opportunity while also giving students a safe and
comfortable time for practicing language with a peer
Close Reading with an Image

Purpose: The purpose is to by able pre-assess what students know and allow them to also assess
their own learning by seeing how well they understand certain reading. This small group will allow
students to come together and enhance each other comprehension of a text using multiple
perspectives of understanding.

Procedure: Read texts) aloud with the entire class. Students will circle unfamiliar words in text and
then decide which words to define. Then students read text silently and annotate based on what they
found interesting, surprising, or confusing. Next, students answer text dependent questions in small
groups. A whole discussion follows based on small group responses.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: Helps students break down the text by annotating and
underlining words they aren't familiar with. The images are a form of helping students build an
academic literacy.
Gallery walk

Purpose: To be able to share your progress on any academic activity your involved
in. You are engaged and practicing languaging, thinking and reflecting on you work
and how it can be improved.

Procedure: In small groups, students complete an activity such as a poster and

display it for the rest of the class. In small groups, students will rotate around the
classroom and observe and discuss other groups work. After viewing all of the
displayed work, the class will participate in a whole group discussion.

Scaffolding of Emergent Bilinguals: Opportunity to write and share work and

information verbally with others. Building confidence to speak in a public setting.
Community Circle

Purpose: To share personal experiences, information, and prior knowledge.

Procedure: The class forms a circle. A topic or question is given. The first speaker is
given a “speaking piece” to hold that signals they are the speaker. Students answer
the topic or question one by one while the rest of the class listens to the speaker.

Scaffolding for English Learners: Students will be able to gain the skill of
elaborating on a concept being discussed. These students will be able to compare
their own prior knowledge to that of the details from the main topic. They will be able
to gain deeper understanding of a text. This will develop their level of complexity in
comprehension.
Modeling

Purpose: To demonstrate how something is done and to give students guidance of

activities and assignments.

Procedure: The teacher will provide step by step demonstration of the activity the
students are intended to complete.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: students will be able to efficiently

comprehend instruction by relating it to the visual example proveid to them. They
will do the analysing themselves, which will strengthen their observational, analytic,
and communication skills. They may gain development in their expertise and
proficiency of the procedure, skill, or instruction being taught
Travelers and Talkers

Purpose: To be able to share your progress on any academic activity your involved
in. You are engaged and practicing languaging, thinking and reflecting on you work
and how it can be improved.

Procedure: Divide the class into members of either “talkers” or “travelers”.

“Talkers” spend 2-3 minutes sharing information from their work. “Travelers” then
spend 2 minutes for questions or suggestions (“Travelers” can write suggestions/
questions on post-its). The whole group debriefs/ shares aloud the themes that came
about.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: Opportunity to write and share work and
information verbally with others. Building confidence to speak in a public setting.
Elbow Partners

Purpose: Allows all students to participate in a discussion in a smaller group setting,

rather than a whole group discussion. Students can learn new information and share
prior knowledge while engaging in meaningful discussion with a classmate.

Procedure: Pose a topic or question for students to discuss. The teacher will set a
timer and students will turn to a partner and will discuss the information.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: Offers an opportunity to share their ideas and
thinking and learn new information from their partner in a smaller and comfortable
setting. This can also reinforce confidence in thinking and speaking, and can provide
modeling of sharing ideas.
Thinking Practice: Thinking Map

Purpose: Visual-verbal learning tools that promotes, student-centered and cooperative learning,
concept development, reflective thinking, and clarity of communication.

Procedure: Begin by placing the main idea or topic in the top center of a page. Branching down
from the main idea/topic construct boxes or circles with subtopics/ideas. Branching down from
these subtopics develop the details for each of the second level subtopics. Continue to branch off
until all details of the concept/idea is fully fleshed out.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: Will be able to gain the skill of elaborating on a concept
being discussed. They will be able to compare with their own prior knowledge. Students will be
able to gain a deeper understanding of a theme or concept by analysing a text. This will develop
their level of complexity in comprehension. It will break down step by step, which will help them
comprehend the text a lot better.
Compare and Contrast Map

Purpose: Strengthening students’ ability to remember key content and is a practical

introduction to higher-order thinking. Improve comprehension by highlighting
important details, making abstract ideas more concrete, and reducing the confusion
between related concepts. Finally, strengthens students’ writing skills by providing a
simple structure

Procedure: Students receive and compare & contrast map/ graphic/ diagram and they
work on mapping the qualities/ characteristics or details of each of the topics under
comparison in groups.

Scaffolding for Emergent Bilinguals: To synthesize ideas better. Viewing a visual

difference of characteristics for things.
Exit Slip

Purpose: Students are able to reflect upon what they learned and write down what they
took away from the lesson. This will allow students to see if they have met the objective for
the day and the teacher can check their progress.

Procedure: Students will be given a few questions to end the lesson that reflect on what
the student took away from the lesson. The slip will be collected by the teacher with the
students names on them depending on what the question were asking. Once the students
have turned in their exit slip they will be dismissed to leave. The teacher will use the slip to
improve the lesson and to check for understanding.

Scaffolding for emergent bilinguals: This method allows them to contemplate on what
was discussed and to check for understanding. The teachers can use this information to
better prepare for the next lesson. The students can also practice writing out what they
learned in an academic format.
Think, Pair, Share

Purpose: Students collaboratively work together to discuss and share responses with each other in
order to promote a larger development of critical thinking through exposure to multiple points of
view.

Procedure: Students are provided with a topic, questions or relevant issues to think about and/or
write down if instructed to do so. Time will be set out for students to collect their thoughts. Then
they will share with their partner for a certain amount of time. Then share with the class.

Scaffolding for emergent bilingual: Emergent Bilinguals will be allowed to use their native
language to write and speak when sharing their ideas on the concepts being discussed. These
students will have the opportunity to expand their understanding within the comforts of their own
native language. This method will allow the students vocabulary to be expanded by sharing ideas,
words that are synonyms and explore different interpretations on the concepts being discussed.