Tool #2: Categories of Scaffolds and Examples 

Materials and Resources Scaffolds

  • Graphic Organizers 
  • English and/or bilingual glossaries or dictionaries 
  • Home language materials 
  • Sentence stems, frames, paragraph frames 
  • Visuals 
  • Word banks or word walls 

Instruction Scaffolds

  • Pre-identified and pre-taught vocabulary 
  • Concise instruction of background knowledge 
  • Reduced linguistic load, repetition, paraphrasing, modeling

Student Grouping Scaffolds

  • Structured pair work 
  • Structured small group work
  • Teacher-led small group work