using pp to scaffold a text

Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org

Using PP to Scaffold a Text


Learning Targets

1. I can use PowerPoint to scaffold a text.

2. I can build reciprocal teaching strategies into a scaffolded text.

3. I can embed vocabulary into a scaffolded text.

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Learning Targets


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Adding Text1. Select the text you want to scaffold. The text

should be in a Word document.

2. Break the text into manageable segments (based on the readiness levels of groups of learners).

3. Copy and paste segments onto individual slides.

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For example:

Insects are incredible, but can they beat other members of the animal kingdom? To find out, we've put together the Insect Olympics. We've matched insects with some other amazing animals. We'll test each for speed, strength, or even their ability to spit. Let the games begin!

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Recording Audio

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The menu for Microsoft Office 2007 is illustrated here.

Microsoft Office 2010 will say Audio.

To record audio, first click on the insert tab and then click on the sound icon.


Recording Audio

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Click on “Record Sound” or “Record Audio”


Recording Audio

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1. Add a name for the slide. This can be anything as long as you name each slide something different.

2. Click the red button to record your sound.

3. Click okay when you are finished recording.


Recording Audio

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The speaker button will appear after you click okay. Click on the speaker to move it to the bottom right corner or some other convenient place.

You can resize the speaker button by clicking on it and then dragging one of the corners to enlarge the graphic.


For example:

Insects are incredible, but can they beat other members of the animal kingdom? To find out, we've put together the Insect Olympics. We've matched insects with some other amazing animals. We'll test each for speed, strength, or even their ability to spit. Let the games begin!

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Hyperlinks

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Under the Insert tab in the top menu, click on “Hyperlink.”

IMPORTANT POINTS: To hyperlink, first highlight the text in the current slide that you want to hyperlink

to something else, then click on the hyperlink icon under the Insert tab. You can also click on a graphic or picture and then click on the hyperlink icon. Remember that when you want to return to the original slide, you may need to

hyperlink that as well.


Hyperlinking to Another Slide

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You can hyperlink to another slide by clicking on “Place in this Document” and then selecting the appropriate slide from the window.


For example:

There they go! Bird and insect are off to a fast start. Wait. What's that? The dragonfly has stopped. It's hovering. Now it's diving. Oh, this is too much. Now it's flying backward!

Click on the hyperlinked word “hovering.”

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Hyperlinking to a Document

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You can hyperlink to a document or another PowerPoint by clicking on “Current Folder” and then double clicking on the appropriate file in the window. These documents MUST be in the same folder with the original PowerPoint


Hyperlinking to a Webpage

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You can hyperlink to a web page by clicking on “Existing File or Web Page” and then copying and pasting the web address into the address box.


For example:

Click on any insect you’d like to know more about

cicada

green darner dragonfly

lubber grasshopper

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Learning Targets



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What is Reciprocal Teaching?Reciprocal teaching—an evidenced-based instructional activity where students interact with a text via one or more of the following four strategies:•Summarizing•Question generating•Clarifying•Predicting

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Adding “Stop & Thinks”

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1. Create slides with specific tasks that ask students to summarize, generate a question, or predict what will happen next.

2. Link each created slide to the applicable section of the text.


Learning Targets




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Multiple Means of Representing Vocabulary• Provide student-friendly definitions of key Tier 2

and Tier 3 words in the text

• Use pictures and or graphics to illustrate key Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in the text

• Include student-relevant examples to clarify the meanings of Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in the text.

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Hyperlinking Vocabulary• Underline or color code Tier 2 and 3 focus words for a text

• Insert a blank slide at the end of the PP slides

• Add one word + the definition, graphics, and examples to the slide

• Insert an arrow from the “Shapes” menu

• Follow the instructions to hyperlink the text slide to the definition slide; then hyperlink the arrow back to the text slide.

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For example:

There they go! Bird and insect are off to a fast start. Wait. What's that? The dragonfly has stopped. It's hovering. Now it's diving. Oh, this is too much. Now it's flying backward!

Click on the hyperlinked word “hovering.”

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Learning Targets




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Instructional Applications1. Offer ALL students multiple means of accessing a text,

including the PP scaffolded text.2. Provide struggling readers [including SWDs, ELLs, and other at-

risk students] with PP scaffolded texts.3. Post PP scaffolded texts online for students and families to

access as needed.4. Teach students to self-monitor and move toward

independence:a. Use recorded text as needed

i. Read along with recorded text first (as needed), then reread without recorded text

ii. Listen to recorded text to hear how unfamiliar words are pronounced

b. Access vocabulary as needed

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Cynde SniderGeorgia Department of Education

[email protected]

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hoveringverb—to hang in the air in one place without moving forward, backward, or up or down

Helicopters and hummingbirds hover in the air.

Click the picture of the helicopter to watch it hover.

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hoveringverb—to hang in the air in one place without moving forward, backward, or up or down

Helicopters and hummingbirds hover in the air.

Click the picture of the helicopter to watch it hover.

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