CLASS Description
Quality of Feedback
Scaffolding– The teacher scaffolds their writing by providing an example sentence “I love you mom” for children to use as a resource when writing on their own bag.
Concept Development
Connections to the Real World– The teacher says, “This backpack is like a real backpack, to go backpacking in the forest for days on end.”
Creating– Children have the opportunity to write on and decorate their own gift bag.
Language Modeling
Repetition and Extension– When a child says, “I know survival,” the teacher repeats this and expands the phrase to, “You have survival skills?”
Frequent Conversation– The teacher engages in many back and forth exchanges with the children.
Age: 5K
Play Type: Playful Instruction
Content: Arts, Fine Motor, Literacy
Context: Small Group
District: Glover
Teacher: Ms.D
Video Descripton
In a small group, Ms. D uses Playful Instruction to guide children to make a gift for their moms. When children decorate the gift bag and write a note for mom, the teacher helps to wrap the gift and put the gift in the decorated bag. She supports the children in this activity by modeling how to write the letters , asking questions, and sharing strategies of decorating and writing.