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- Are we introducing vocabulary before the lesson or within the lesson even with ELL students?
As a rule, we want to help students build their vocabulary knowledge while they are reading rather than spending an inordinate amount of time pre-teaching ... - Are workstations collaborative and heterogeneous or differentiated and homogeneous completing more independent tasks because of differentiation? Are students in the low group treated like a "buzzard" all day or are they given the choice to try more challenging tasks and work with peers in workstations?
Both. Some work stations will involve students in collaborative tasks, and these stations will have students grouped heterogeneously. At other stations, the purpose will be ... - Are there any free instructional resources for workstations?
As indicated on the curriculum maps, there are a wealth of free resources for station at the Florida Center for Reading Research website, http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/SCAindex.shtm . ...
