Planning for Learning - PSI

Related Resources/ Evidence of

Goal 1: TQS Strategies Support Required Success Timeline
2 Engaging in Career- - I intend to - Write Like This by - Students are able to utilize March 8th - April
Long Learning research Kelly Gallagher writing strategies that were 23rd
and modelled.
Goals implement - Learn Alberta
To develop and implement modelling Resource Database - Students are enthusiastic
effective scaffolding strategies. and inquire about the
techniques to prepare - I will observe - My T.A. modelled strategy
students for both how my T.A.
assessments and real-life - My U.C. - I am able to further
does
scenarios. modelling for implement other similar
writing and strategies into future classes.
adjust
accordingly

3 March 17th, 2021

I completed a lesson where I

modelled reading strategies
for how to find character traits
when reading through a
story. I did this by setting up
a document camera and
reading part of the story out
Inquiry loud, ensuring that I stopped
Question and pointed out passages of
interest and highlighting
How can you facilitate them. I did this for a few
engagement through minutes and made sure to
effective scaffolding? ask the students why they
thought I was highlighting
what I was.

After the modelling session I

played a recording of the
story and asked the students
to try and highlight passages
they thought to bring forward
character traits they believed
to be central to the character.
I had had them do this before
with the previous story and
found that students struggled
to find appropriate evidence
for their claims. After the
modelling session, however, I
found that the students had a
much easier time doing so.