1. Literacy Scaffolding Strategies Victoria B. WMWP July 2004

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4. Teacher support gradually decreases as student responsibility increases

5. Students internalize the thinking processes apply the skill independently and generalize to other contexts

7. “ Young children go beyond the literal, surface features of a text with purposeful, thoughtful instructional scaffolding” (Wollman-Bonilla, 1999). “ Teacher scaffolding creates a zone of proximal development” (Wollman-Bonilla, 1999).

8. Future research on the various forms of scaffolding will indicate which are the most significant for children’s growth as readers and response writers. (Wollman-Bonilla, 1999) SCAFFOLDING