Reading Supports for All: Response

This article deals with reading support and scaffolding for English Language Learners in the classroom.  It makes the point early on that EL learners, just like monolingual learners need experiences and practice with reading broaden their repertoires of reading strategy. Scaffolding in the SREs is important and it refers to a temporary adjustable support that allows to the student to complete the task, like explaining a small reference within the reading or referring to some information that the student has already learned to move them on in the exercise. These experiences are especially important  ELLs because reading in a new language, especially in English involves a lot of complexity that may not be found in their native language. I like how this article goes into more detail about how to use SREs effectively, by highlighting instances where it is used, and also by providing examples of how to use them in a classroom.