Scaffolding Magic
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Teacher since 1992 (more than 30 years!)
Teacher-trainer for the past 15 years
Author (101 Scaffolding Techniques for the Content and Language Teacher)
Professor (Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valencia, Spain), Teacher-trainer, and collaborator with international educational institutions
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Warm-Up with Irregular Verbs Rapid-Fire !!!
Are you tired of your students not participating actively in your English classes? Are your students frustrated because of their lack of ability to easily and accurately conjugate high-frequency irregular verbs? This set of materials is for you! Along with two (2) explanatory videos, you'll be able to help your students to raise their language level in weeks if not days! Repetition is important for very specific purposes. Learning the conjugations of high-frequency irregular verbs in English is
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Other (World Language)
CCSS
L.K.1
, L.K.4
, L.K.5d
+1
Warm-Up with Irregular Verbs and Conjugation Fun!!
Are you ready for sparks to fly in your language class? Do you want to give your more advanced students more of a challenge? Download this set of nine PPTs and you're going to see engagement, excitement, collaboration and critical thinking all at once! For the first 5-minutes of each class, in chorus, students go through the paces of conjugating these simple to more challenging terms and you're going to be amazed at their confidence as the weeks go by and participation increases. Watch the
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Other (World Language)
CCSS
L.7.1
, L.7.1a
, L.7.5c
+1
Warm-Up Classical Literature with Tabu
How would you like your students to LOVE classical literature? What would you do if they BEGGED you to choose another? This WARM-UP - that you can use as a review as well - is going to make you the hero of all your students! Based on Tabu, you have a ready-to-go set of cards for The Odyssey, with a template so that you can create another set - as quickly as it takes to say 'Don Quixote' - for any future classics you have planned. More fun and more critical thinking than you can imagine! Class
8th - 12th, Adult Education
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
, CCRA.L.3
+3
Winter Celebrations, Candles, & Connection
Here is a lesson to celebrate cultures all over the world who use music, colour, lights, food, to vanquish the darkness. Replete with stories, templates, videos, links, activities, sports, dance, songs, and so much more. What are the differences in the celebrations? More importantly, what do they share? How do they promote connection? You are going to be amazed at the excitement and conversations this lesson evokes. The lesson has six (6) parts: ReadingScienceMusicArtMathsP.E.In each part, you'l
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects, Science
CCSS
L.K.1
, L.K.2
, L.K.6
Warm-Up with Intentional Errors (Higher Education)
The brain sparks and grows when we make mistakes – even if we are not aware of it – because it is a time of struggle; the brain is challenged, and so this is when it grows the most.* Errors need to be celebrated in our classroom; we need to help our students to embrace the effort they make in their studies and focus on mistakes and successes alike, and not only the outcomes. The way to engage your student is to challenge them with information that is surprisingly incorrect. Once they begin study
12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
, CCRA.L.3
+3
Warm-Up with Images and Concepts with Mini-Cards (Lower Primary/Pre-School)
We all know by now (pretend that you do, even if you don’t!!!) that teaching critical thinking is a never-ending job. Critical thinking strategies are domain sensitive, which simply means that a strategy that works in art may not work in history, and a strategy that works in for a verbal deliberation may not work in a situation that requires physical movement, etc. We look at all this as an opportunity to expand our practice. We can take this as an excuse to widen even further the variety of st
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Performing Arts
CCSS
L.K.1
, L.K.2b
, L.K.5d
Lesson for International Thank You Day (Primary)
January 11th is generally targeted as the International Thank You Day. What could we possibly celebrate on this day? Have you every thought about how powerful a 'thank you' is? Have you every explored what material and non-material things you are 'thankful' for in your daily life? How can you aid your students in re-framing the challenges in their lives simply through some simple yet powerful activities that explore and promote connection and positive vibrations? The activities in this 21-page,
PreK - 8th, Adult Education
For All Subjects, Visual Arts
CCSS
L.3.1
, L.3.1b
, L.3.1d
+4
Warm-Up by Including Hidden Mistakes in New Content (Primary)
There is a bizarre and interesting consequence of the digital age and it's unexpected: speech therapists have found their work has multiplied exponentially in the past few years. They attribute this to a generation of students who spend more hours on their phones and computers, sending and reading short texts, rather than connecting verbally. What better way, then, to counteract this than to give students many opportunities to communicate verbally. If we can throw in critical thinking in the sa
1st - 6th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Visual Arts
CCSS
L.4.1
, L.4.1b
, L.4.5c
+1
Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Higher Education)
You're next unit is challenging and you're a bit nervous, right? What do you do? WARM-UPS! Varied learning styles. This is the secret to fluid lessons. Today's WARM-UP includes translating information into drawings to deepen knowledge. Your students work together for the first few minutes of class and you float from group to group enjoying their conversations, their drawings that represent core information, and the discussions on standard language that will explain key concepts of the coming un
12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
CCSS
L.11-12.1
, L.11-12.4a
, L.11-12.5b
+1
Warm-up with a Critical Thinking Game (Diamonds, Secondary)
What better way to ease into a new unit than to play a game. Yes, even at Secondary, your students will learn and enjoy learning complex terms and concepts without even realising it. Meanwhile, you can wander around the classroom relating to your students on a more personal level while they are involved in besting themselves and supporting their group members. This is an easy WARM-UP to prepare and use. The steps, templates, and resources are all included and this you're going to love this ga
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Engineering
CCSS
L.8.1
, L.8.5
, L.8.6
Warm-up with a Critical Thinking Game (Diamonds, Primary)
What better way to ease into a new unit than to play a game. Yes, even at Secondary, your students will learn and enjoy learning complex terms and concepts without even realising it. Meanwhile, you can wander around the classroom relating to your students on a more personal level while they are involved in besting themselves and supporting their group members. This is an easy WARM-UP to prepare and use. The steps, templates, and resources are all included and this you're going to love this ga
1st - 6th
English Language Arts, Music
CCSS
L.4.1
, L.4.1b
, L.4.1d
+4
Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Secondary)
You're next unit is challenging and you're a bit nervous, right? What do you do? WARM-UPS! Varied learning styles. This is the secret to fluid lessons. Today's WARM-UP includes translating information into drawings to deepen knowledge. Your students work together for the first few minutes of class and you float from group to group enjoying their conversations, their drawings that represent core information, and the discussions on standard language that will explain key concepts of the coming un
7th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts
CCSS
L.9-10.1
, L.9-10.2c
, L.9-10.4
+2
Warm-Up by Anthropomorphising Content through Reported Speech (Secondary)
Choose any information you're about to begin - anything. Your students can use it to create a fantastic conversation, repeating facts, content, dialogue, in reported speech. This is a fast warm-up into whatever unit you've planned. It becomes hysterical when they turn dry information into back-and-forth clarifications, having to use all their knowledge of standard English to phrase information appropriately. They will be so proud of themselves for mastering this challenging and very necessary
7th - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Science
CCSS
L.11-12.1
, L.11-12.3
, L.11-12.4b
+2
Scaffolding Classic Literature through Art
This is going to rock your students' world!!! Art work, drawing, colloquial language, guessing - not having to have a 'correct' answers. All of this and more to understand the deep messages behind (in this case) Greek myths. Partnering text with art is one of the most effective ways of assimilating new knowledge. Here are the steps to create an unbeatable combination of varied learning styles, the processing of information in many different forms, the negotiation of meaning and acceptance (or no
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Art History, Literature
Warm-Up for Winter Celebrations and International Religion Day (Secondary)
This is the ideal Warm-Up to use to address what's happening in the world today. This Warm-Up gives our students the opportunity to explore their own beliefs and to have a safe place to negotiate their and their classmates' beliefs about winter celebrations and whatever religion their families follow. The activity encourages students to separate the dogma of religions from the intention, to recognise traditional practices common in many religion (in other words, see the similarities), and to ne
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Close Reading, World History
CCSS
L.9-10.1
, L.9-10.1a
, L.9-10.1b
+2
Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Primary)
You're next unit is challenging and you're a bit nervous, right? What do you do? WARM-UPS! Varied learning styles. This is the secret to fluid lessons. Today's WARM-UP includes translating information into drawings to deepen knowledge. Your students work together for the first few minutes of class and you float from group to group enjoying their conversations, their drawings that represent core information, and the discussions on standard language that will explain key concepts of the coming un
1st - 6th
Close Reading, Performing Arts
CCSS
L.4.1
, L.4.1g
, L.4.4
+3
Scaffolding by Enriching the Sequencing Dynamic (Secondary)
Knowing the sequence of events in a text, story, video, laboratory experiment, sports competition, musical composition, preparation of art materials, etc. is an essential skill for students. Sequencing is an integral part of Pre-school and Lower-Primary school lessons, but it is often forgotten in higher grades and needs to be repeated throughout the education process. We need to intentionally give our students the opportunities to be able to recognise and express sequences, and we need to prov
6th - 12th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
CCSS
L.8.1
, L.8.3
, L.8.5c
Warm-Up Halloween (Pre-School/Lower Primary)
Let’s celebrate Halloween AND number sense. Singing, counting, costuming (I made that up!), in general, having FUN!!! This song and video are going to get you and your students HOPPING!!! Students don't develop number sense by accident or even as a side effect of engaging in informal activities such as puzzles or songs - even those that, on the surface appear to be related to math. Experts insist that although every child can learn number sense, not every child will unless they intentionally
K - 3rd
Art, Dance
CCSS
L.K.1
, L.K.4
, L.K.5c
+1
Warmup through Sequencing (Pre-School/Lower Primary)
What's the next video you're going to watch with your little ones? What the next big book? The next song? ANY of these are the perfect opportunity to introduce this fantastic sequencing dynamic. You will model the words your students need to justify choices they make in ordering stories - and there are no correct ways - only ways that make sense if they explain them appropriately. Too much fun - you'll see with these simple steps. Sequencing can be one of the most dynamic skill builders we can
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts
Warm-Up through Sequencing Dynamic (Primary)
The art of sequencing...it IS an art. Sequencing is taught deliberately in Pre-School and then we usually forget about it. Yet it is one of the most important skills for our young learners. If we give them opportunities to strengthen sequencing, most of the other concepts and dynamics come more easily to them for instance: deciding on topics, choosing most important concepts, finding words more easily filed away in their minds, and so much more. This WARM-UP uses images and the specific phras
1st - 6th
Close Reading
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
, CCRA.L.3
+3
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About the store
Experience
Teacher since 1992 (more than 30 years!)
Teacher-trainer for the past 15 years
Author (101 Scaffolding Techniques for the Content and Language Teacher)
Professor (Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valencia, Spain), Teacher-trainer, and collaborator with international educational institutions
Teaching style
Donna specialises in innovative language and content educational materials including the CLIL approach (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and Phenomenon-Based Learning. Her focus is on scaffolds, which are activities and techniques that introduce learners to a new concept, the academic language, or content, before they begin the main body of the lesson.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Creator of award-nominated website Scaffoldingmagic.com designed to provide teachers with resources to help to turn 21st centuries into activities.
My own education history
UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA, 2005 - 2012
Doctoral studies, Spanish literature
Department of Humanities, Translation and Communication
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, 2002 – 2003
Masters, Spanish Language and Culture
UNIVERSITY OF SANTA FE, 1993-1994
Bachelor of Arts, Education
SKIDMORE COLLEGE, 1978-1982
Bachelor of Arts, Literature
Additional biographical information
Donna Lee Fields, Ph.D., author (101 Scaffolding Techniques for the Content and Language Teacher)
Professor (Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Teacher-trainer, and collaborator with international educational institutions such as York Press (U.K., Egypt), Oxford University Press (Spain, U.K., Italy), Richmond Press (Latin America, Spain), Educluster (Finland), and Programa BEDA (Spain).
Author of the first four volumes of What if..The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Phenomenon-Based Learning Projects.
Doodles with Donna, a podcast focused on bringing education at all levels and angles of education to a more lucid discussion between teachers and parents.
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