Scaffolds are meant to be TEMPORARY.
Otherwise, we'd still be looking at the Statue of Liberty like this...
It's no different for learning.
Scaffolds were meant to be used & then eventually taken down.
@NyquistLHS This is building a writing culture! Reading a complex text, trying out craft moves from the text, and pulling up to talk about the Ss choices. Writers live in this room!
I’ve had such the honor of attending a poetry slam at @hebron9th and open mic at @DowningMS with the amazing 9th grade team and Ms. Rhodes! It is my favorite writing month and I loved celebrating by seeing these amazing poets! Y’all. The work they’re doing is ✨magic✨🥲#ONElisd
Congratulations to our 22-23 LVMS Teacher of the Year Debbie Garner and 1sr Year Teacher of the Year Brad Loafman! We are lucky to have such amazing rock stars on our campus! #TheLakeviewWay#WeAreLakeview#smallbutmighty
Want to teach kids to (a) write well or (b) get high scores on writing tests? These pull in opposite directions. For example, formulaic templates, cutesy acronyms, and other gimmicks may achieve the latter goal but at the expense of the former: https://t.co/YOV0rzN1dM