Adaptations:
Mixed-Ability Groups:
Grouping higher level students with their lower level peers can foster the guidance and support needed to complete this collaborative task. Encourage higher level students to take on the role of a mentor. Emphasize the importance of everyone working collaboratively to utilize each other’s strengths. While one student may like delegating tasks to the team, another may enjoy the physical construction of the model, and another may enjoy coming up with solutions for problems along the way.
Vocabulary Clues:
For some students, deducing the purpose for individual parts or components will be difficult. Providing clues can be done using a gradual release of information. Students requiring only small amounts of support might simply need a related image to spark an idea, whereas others could benefit from full definitions and accompanying imagery.
Graphic Organizers:
When it comes to procedural writing skills, some students require support. Titles, subtitles and text boxes or lines can all be effective ways of scaffolding students so that they can achieve at, or above their level.
Grouping higher level students with their lower level peers can foster the guidance and support needed to complete this collaborative task. Encourage higher level students to take on the role of a mentor. Emphasize the importance of everyone working collaboratively to utilize each other’s strengths. While one student may like delegating tasks to the team, another may enjoy the physical construction of the model, and another may enjoy coming up with solutions for problems along the way.
Vocabulary Clues:
For some students, deducing the purpose for individual parts or components will be difficult. Providing clues can be done using a gradual release of information. Students requiring only small amounts of support might simply need a related image to spark an idea, whereas others could benefit from full definitions and accompanying imagery.
Graphic Organizers:
When it comes to procedural writing skills, some students require support. Titles, subtitles and text boxes or lines can all be effective ways of scaffolding students so that they can achieve at, or above their level.