The Pre Kindergartent TEKS have five domains. These domains are social and emotional needs, language and communication, emergent literacy in reading, emergent literacy in writing, and mathematics. These domains are the foundation for needs of students in being successful learners throughout the educational career. If any of these domains are lacking when they proceed through their schooling, the will quickly be behind in many facets of their learning. I think the first one, social and emotional needs are often overlooked. Many times we look at the content of what is needed to be learned, and we don't look at the learner as an overall individual person.
A good example of scaffolding from the Pre K TEKS to what is needed through high school is listening comprehension. In the Pre K TEKS, things such as giving clues, multiple step directions, and using visuals to teach vocabulary are all things that are used in just about every facet of education through not only high school, but other higher levels of learning such as college and trade schools.
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