Portales - PROGRAM SAMPLER

Provides scaffolded practice of the new material and prepares students to communicate in real-life situations Focus on application Auto-graded activities (fill-in- the-blank, multiple-choice, true/false) Instructional scaffolding: simple discrete activities progress to more challenging open-ended activities Teaches new material interactively and provides diagnostic feedback on their progress Shift from purely receptive to interactive learning Credit for participation, not performance Requires students to be active participants and take ownership of their learning Activates students ’ background knowledge and connects what they have already learned with the new material they are studying Initial presentation of material Credit for participation, not performance Activation of receptive skills: listening and reading Student-Directed Learning Practice Explore Learn S - 2 Portales is unique in the organization and delivery of lesson content Each color-coded strand features a learning progression that contextualizes the learning experience for students by breaking lesson content into comprehensible, manageable portions Portales Learning Progression