The Oreo Cookie Guide to Scaffolding for English Language Learners

My Can-do Descriptor
Language Goal

Content I need
to know

Modifications I need to
get there

Student Success

1. Determine the content students will need to know.

Students will know ____________________________________________
2. Choose domain you wish to target.
Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

3. Determine the students approximate level in the domain you are trying to target using
the Can-do Descriptor.
Student is about a level ________________.
4. Using the Can-do Descriptor, determine what students will do with the content.
Student will _________________________________________________________
5. Choose appropriate support to help students access content.
Sensory

Real-life objects (realia)

Manipulatives
Gestures
Photographs
Illustrations, diagrams
& drawings
Physical activities
Videos & Films
Using Models

Graphic

Drawings
Wordless Books
Word Walls
Illustrated Word Banks
Charts
Graphic organizers
Tables
Graphs
Timelines
Number lines

Interactive

In pairs or partners
In triads or small
groups
In a whole group
Using cooperative
group structures
Technology
In the native
language (L1)

6. Write goal including supports.

Students will ________________________________________________________________
7. Prepare materials.
I will need__________________________________________________________________
8. Adjust instruction by modifying supports in response to student performance.
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The Oreo Cookie Guide to Scaffolding for English Language Learners

My Can-do Descriptor
Language Goal

Content I need
to know

Modifications I need to
get there

Student Success

1. Determine the content students will need to know.

Students will know north, south, west, and east are directions on a map.
2. Choose domain you wish to target.
Listening

Speaking

Reading

*Writing

3. Determine the students approximate level in the domain you are trying to target using
the Can-do Descriptor.
Student is about a level 1.
4. Using the Can-do Descriptor, determine what students will do with the content.
Student will label the cardinal directions north, south, east, west.
5. Choose appropriate support to help students access content.
Sensory

Real-life objects
(realia)
Manipulatives
Gestures
Photographs
Illustrations, diagrams
& drawings
Physical activities
Videos & Films
Using Models

Graphic

Drawings
Wordless Books
Word Walls
Illustrated Word Banks
Charts
Graphic organizers
Tables
Graphs
Timelines
Number lines

Interactive

In pairs or partners
In triads or small
groups
In a whole group
Using cooperative
group structures
Technology
In the native
language (L1)

6. Write goal including supports.

Students will label the directions north, south, east, and west by copying a model from a map.
7. Prepare materials.
I will need a map with a compass rose, a copy of a map with the compass rose missing.
8. Adjust instruction by modifying supports in response to student performance.

Created by Amber Schlueter 2015 http://eslblueprint.weebly.com/

Support list modified from www.wida.us

Created by Amber Schlueter 2015 http://eslblueprint.weebly.com/

Support list modified from www.wida.us