Blog Post #2
Describe the 1 strategy that you used to help bridge the academic knowledge gap in your content area for one focal student. What strategy did you implement? What worked? What was challenging and could be improved? Optional extension: Share a resource related to the strategy you implemented (e.g., article, video of the strategy in use, etc.) The one strategy that I used to help bridge the academic knowledge gap in my content area of science for one focal student was Argumentation in Disciplinary Literacy . My ELL struggled on the syntax of her arguments. She was slowly bridging the academic knowledge gap everyday but she struggled to share her opinions concisely and clearly with her classmates. I implemented a recommended CER format for argumentation in the classroom. An argument that has a CER format has a claim, evidence, and reasoning. I recommended it for all students because I did not want my ELL to feel like I was implementing it in the classroom only for her. Thankfully, many s...
