Using Scaffolds to Make Students’ Initial Ideas Public

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Several tips here enhance access for students, such as grounding the unit in a shared observational task (rather than assuming students have had particular kinds of experiences) and scaffolding students’ modeling. Note also how the teacher makes flexible use of a unit plan and devises next steps in response to students’ ideas.

Trees, Seasons & Shining a light on Farming Communities: Kinder Bilingüe

This video features Maestra Consuelo teaching dual language, Spanish & English, to Kindergartners in a rural farming community in Washington State. She connects science to the stories of the families and uses multiple examples and strategies of translanguaging as a way of honoring students and families knowledge, identities, and ways of being.

Meaningful Connections to People, Place, Community, Nature, and Power: Studio Learning

This tool is an example of studio professional learning (and a unit we co-designed) in which teachers shifted engineering curriculum to include meaningful connections to people, place, community, nature, and power.

¿Qué soluciones podemos crear para enfrentar la escasez de agua en un mundo cada vez más seco?: Aprender en un estudio bilingüe

This tool features a unit we designed on water scarcity and a studio professional learning model in a 5th grade dual-language classroom.

Using Scaffolds to Make Students’ Initial Ideas Public

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