ELD & Differentiation
Sentence frames
by subject.
Scaffolds your newcomers can use the same day, across content areas — fill the blanks together out loud before students write independently.
Science
"The ___ causes the ___ to ___."
Social Studies
"In the year ___, ___ happened because ___."
Math
"I know ___ because ___."
ELA
"The character felt ___ when ___ happened."
One lesson, four levels
Differentiating without rebuilding everything
The same core concept can be reframed with simpler language for struggling learners or extended with challenge questions for advanced ones — across subjects, in the same class period. That's the whole differentiation problem in one sentence: same lesson, different doors in.
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