strategies

	Scaffolding Literacy
Introduction Reaching All Children Strategies Book Selection Book Selection: 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race Low Order Book Orientation Scaffolded Conversation High Order Book Orientation Transformations Scaffolded Spelling Reconstructured Writing Patterned Writing Writing Plan for 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race Writing Samples Book List	The strategies are:- Book Selection, where books are chosen with a view to what the children need to know in their writing Low order book orientation, where 'common knowledge' about context and content is introduced Scaffolded conversation, where all children learn to talk about text (talk becomes 'inner thinking') High order book orientation, where 'common knowledge' between teacher and children about language choices is introduced Reading Transformations make language choices concrete. They prepare for writing and spelling. They also provide extra scaffolding for reading Spelling, where graphophonic (symbol/sound) and orthographic (spelling conventions) analysis are taught Reconstructed writing, where children practise using the language choices of the author Patterned writing, where children use some of the author's language in a different context Independent writing, where children have reached a new level of competence. This provides an evaluation tool for the teacher. On this website we show how to use the strategies with one book: " The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race". We have also given a list of other books we have used in the Scaffolding Literacy teaching sequence. As they become available we will provide brief notes on these books.

Book Selection, where books are chosen with a view to what the children need to know in their writing
Low order book orientation, where 'common knowledge' about context and content is introduced
Scaffolded conversation, where all children learn to talk about text (talk becomes 'inner thinking')
High order book orientation, where 'common knowledge' between teacher and children about language choices is introduced
Reading
Transformations make language choices concrete. They prepare for writing and spelling. They also provide extra scaffolding for reading
Spelling, where graphophonic (symbol/sound) and orthographic (spelling conventions) analysis are taught
Reconstructed writing, where children practise using the language choices of the author
Patterned writing, where children use some of the author's language in a different context
Independent writing, where children have reached a new level of competence. This provides an evaluation tool for the teacher.

We have also given a list of other books we have used in the Scaffolding Literacy teaching sequence. As they become available we will provide brief notes on these books.

The strategies are:-