Principle 5: 5 Levels of Scaffolding/Support

independent reading and writing

create opportunities to practice the rdg & wrg procedures, concepts, strategies, and skills; provide authentic literacy experiences in which sts choose their own topics, purposes, and materials; develop lifelong readers and writers

modeled reading and writing

demonstrate fluent reading & writing; explain how to use comprehension strategies, such as predicting, monitoring, & revising; teach procedure for new reading or writing activity; show how reading and writing conventions & other skills work

shared reading and writing

involve sts in reading and writing activities that they couldn't do independently; provide opportunities for sts to experience success in reading and writing

interactive reading and writing

practice reading and writing high-frequency words; teach and practice phonics and spelling skills; read and write texts that sts could not do independently; have sts share reading and writing expertise with classmates

guided reading and writing

support sts reading in instructional-level materials; teach literacy procedures, concepts, skills, and strategies during minilessons; introduce different types of writing activities; teach sts to use the writing process, esp how to revise and edit