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Warm-Up with Images and Concepts with Mini-Cards (Lower Primary/Pre-School)

By Scaffolding Magic

We all know by now (pretend that you do, even if you don’t!!!) that teaching critical thinking is a never-ending job. Critical thinking strategies are domain sensitive, which simply means that a strategy that works in art may not work in history,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

PreK, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

L.K.1, L.K.2b, L.K.5d

$5.00

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Winter Celebrations, Candles, & Connection

By Scaffolding Magic

Here is a lesson to celebrate cultures all over the world who use music, colour, lights, food, to vanquish the darkness. Replete with stories, templates, videos, links, activities, sports, dance, songs, and so much more. What are the differences in

Subjects:

Science, For All Subject Areas, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Lesson

CCSS:

L.K.1, L.K.2, L.K.6

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (21.48 MB)

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Lesson for International Thank You Day (Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

January 11th is generally targeted as the International Thank You Day. What could we possibly celebrate on this day? Have you every thought about how powerful a 'thank you' is? Have you every explored what material and non-material things you are

Subjects:

Visual Arts, For All Subject Areas, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK, 8^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Centers

CCSS:

L.3.1, L.3.1b, L.3.1d, L.3.2f, L.3.3, L.3.5c, L.3.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up with Irregular Verbs Rapid-Fire !!!

By Scaffolding Magic

Are you tired of your students not participating actively in your English classes? Are your students frustrated because of their lack of ability to easily and accurately conjugate high-frequency irregular verbs? This set of materials is for you!

Subjects:

Other (World Language), EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking

Grades:

4^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

L.K.1, L.K.4, L.K.5d, L.K.6

$14.99

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Warm-Up with Irregular Verbs and Conjugation Fun!!

By Scaffolding Magic

Are you ready for sparks to fly in your language class? Do you want to give your more advanced students more of a challenge?Download this set of nine PPTs and you're going to see engagement, excitement, collaboration and critical thinking all at

Subjects:

Other (World Language), EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking

Grades:

7^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Scaffolded Notes, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

L.7.1, L.7.1a, L.7.5c, L.7.6

$14.99

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Warm-Up by Including Hidden Mistakes in New Content (Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

There is a bizarre and interesting consequence of the digital age and it's unexpected: speech therapists have found their work has multiplied exponentially in the past few years. They attribute this to a generation of students who spend more hours

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Visual Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

1^st, 6^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.4.1b, L.4.5c, L.4.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up Classical Literature with Tabu

By Scaffolding Magic

How would you like your students to LOVE classical literature?What would you do if they BEGGED you to choose another?This WARM-UP - that you can use as a review as well - is going to make you the hero of all your students! Based on Tabu, you have a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking

Grades:

8^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$9.99

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Warm-Up for Winter Celebrations and International Religion Day (Secondary)

By Scaffolding Magic

This is the ideal Warm-Up to use to address what's happening in the world today. This Warm-Up gives our students the opportunity to explore their own beliefs and to have a safe place to negotiate their and their classmates' beliefs about winter

Subjects:

World History, EFL - ESL - ELD, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

L.9-10.1, L.9-10.1a, L.9-10.1b, L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up Halloween (Pre-School/Lower Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Let’s celebrate Halloween AND number sense. Singing, counting, costuming (I made that up!), in general, having FUN!!! This song and video are going to get you and your students HOPPING!!!Students don't develop number sense by accident or even as a

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Halloween, Dance

Grades:

Kindergarten, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.K.1, L.K.4, L.K.5c, L.K.6

$4.00

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Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Higher Education)

By Scaffolding Magic

You're next unit is challenging and you're a bit nervous, right?What do you do? WARM-UPS! Varied learning styles. This is the secret to fluid lessons.Today's WARM-UP includes translating information into drawings to deepen knowledge.Your students

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Statistics, Vocational Education

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

L.11-12.1, L.11-12.4a, L.11-12.5b, L.11-12.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Subjects:

Arts & Music, EFL - ESL - ELD, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Centers

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.4.1g, L.4.4, L.4.5, L.4.5c, L.4.6

$5.00

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Warm-up with a Critical Thinking Game (Diamonds, Secondary)

By Scaffolding Magic

What better way to ease into a new unit than to play a game. Yes, even at Secondary, your students will learn and enjoy learning complex terms and concepts without even realising it.Meanwhile, you can wander around the classroom relating to your

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Foreign Languages, Engineering

Grades:

7^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

L.8.1, L.8.5, L.8.6

$5.00

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Warm-up with a Critical Thinking Game (Diamonds, Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Music, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

1^st, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

L.4.1, L.4.1b, L.4.1d, L.4.1g, L.4.3a, L.4.5, L.4.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up with Art to Chunk Dense Material (Secondary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking

Grades:

7^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Centers

CCSS:

L.9-10.1, L.9-10.2c, L.9-10.4, L.9-10.5b, L.9-10.6

$5.00

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Warm-Up by Anthropomorphising Content through Reported Speech (Secondary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Choose any information you're about to begin - anything. Your students can use it to create a fantastic conversation, repeating facts, content, dialogue, in reported speech. This is a fast warm-up into whatever unit you've planned.It becomes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

7^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

L.11-12.1, L.11-12.3, L.11-12.4b, L.11-12.5b, L.11-12.6

$5.00

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Scaffolding by Enriching the Sequencing Dynamic (Secondary)

By Scaffolding Magic

Knowing the sequence of events in a text, story, video, laboratory experiment, sports competition, musical composition, preparation of art materials, etc. is an essential skill for students. Sequencing is an integral part of Pre-school and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subjects

Grades:

6^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Scaffolded Notes, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

L.8.1, L.8.3, L.8.5c

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (4.81 MB)

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Scaffolding Classic Literature through Art

By Scaffolding Magic

This is going to rock your students' world!!! Art work, drawing, colloquial language, guessing - not having to have a 'correct' answers. All of this and more to understand the deep messages behind (in this case) Greek myths. Partnering text with art

Subjects:

Art History, EFL - ESL - ELD, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

$5.00

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Warm-Up with Intentional Errors (Higher Education)

By Scaffolding Magic

The brain sparks and grows when we make mistakes – even if we are not aware of it – because it is a time of struggle; the brain is challenged, and so this is when it grows the most.* Errors need to be celebrated in our classroom; we need to help our

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Scaffolded Notes, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$5.00

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Warmup through Sequencing (Pre-School/Lower Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

What's the next video you're going to watch with your little ones? What the next big book? The next song? ANY of these are the perfect opportunity to introduce this fantastic sequencing dynamic. You will model the words your students need to justify

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

PreK, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, English (UK)

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (3.96 MB)

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Warm-Up through Sequencing Dynamic (Primary)

By Scaffolding Magic

The art of sequencing...it IS an art. Sequencing is taught deliberately in Pre-School and then we usually forget about it. Yet it is one of the most important skills for our young learners. If we give them opportunities to strengthen sequencing,

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Critical Thinking, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$5.00

$3.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher since 1992 (more than 30 years!) Teacher-trainer for the past 15 years Author (101 Scaffolding Techniques for the Content and Language Teacher) Professor (Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valencia, Spain), Teacher-trainer, and collaborator with international educational institutions

MY TEACHING STYLE

Donna specialises in innovative language and content educational materials including the CLIL approach (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and Phenomenon-Based Learning. Her focus is on scaffolds, which are activities and techniques that introduce learners to a new concept, the academic language, or content, before they begin the main body of the lesson.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Creator of award-nominated website Scaffoldingmagic.com designed to provide teachers with resources to help to turn 21st centuries into activities.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA, 2005 - 2012 Doctoral studies, Spanish literature Department of Humanities, Translation and Communication UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, 2002 – 2003 Masters, Spanish Language and Culture UNIVERSITY OF SANTA FE, 1993-1994 Bachelor of Arts, Education SKIDMORE COLLEGE, 1978-1982 Bachelor of Arts, Literature

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Donna Lee Fields, Ph.D., author (101 Scaffolding Techniques for the Content and Language Teacher) Professor (Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Valencia, Spain) Teacher-trainer, and collaborator with international educational institutions such as York Press (U.K., Egypt), Oxford University Press (Spain, U.K., Italy), Richmond Press (Latin America, Spain), Educluster (Finland), and Programa BEDA (Spain). Author of the first four volumes of What if..The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Phenomenon-Based Learning Projects. Doodles with Donna, a podcast focused on bringing education at all levels and angles of education to a more lucid discussion between teachers and parents.