SIOP Model

Introduction to The SIOP Model

By Samantha Rice, Sarah Schultz, and Stacy Banbury

What Is The SIOP Model?

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model* is a research-based and validated instructional model that has proven effective in addressing the academic needs of English learners throughout the United States.

Compontents Of The SIOP Model

• Preparation

• Building Background

• Comprehensible Input

• Strategies

• Interaction

• Practice

• Lesson Delivery

• Assessment

Strategies For Using The SIOP Components

1. Preparation

• Incorporate listening, speaking, reading, and writing activites.

• Use manipulatives, realia, props, photographs, and illustrations.

• Demonstrate lesson procedures.

• Use DVDs and audio tapes.

• Use Thinking Maps and other graphic organizers.

• Bilingual Dictionaries

2. Building Background

• Question Stems to elicit and share background knowledge.

• Classroom charts and posters link prior learning to new learning.

• Concept definition maps

• Anticipation guides

• Word sorts, Vocabulary flip books, Word generation activities.

• Mnemonic strategies, Interactive word walls, Labeling

3. Comprehensible Input

Comprehensible Input:

• Preview lesson topic and provide multiple exposures to key details.

• Provide both oral and written directions for tasks.

• Step by step explanation and modeling of tasks.

• Display finished product as an example.

• Allow students to express understanding via alternate forms.

• Use speech appropriate for students' proficiency level.

• Use a variety of techniques to make content concepts clear.

4. Strategies

Strategies:

• Rereading, note taking, organizing information, predicting, and self questioning

• Monitoring, clarifying, and summarizing

• Asking higher order questions

• Use of graphic organziers, partner-and small-group instruction and practice, and adapted texts

• Texts with key concepts and vocabulary marked with a highlighter

5. Interaction

Interaction:

• Provide frequent opportunites for interactions and discussion

• between teacher/student and among students.

• Some Cooperative Learning strategies to use are: Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads together, etc.

• Use group configurations that support language and content objectives of the lesson.

• Provide sufficient wait time for student responses.

6. Practice and Application

Practice & Application:

• Provide hands-on materials and/ or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge.

• Provide activities for students to apply content and language knowledge in the classroom.

• Provide activities that integrate all language skills (i.e., reading, writing, listening, and speaking).

7. Lesson Delivery

Lesson Delivery:

• Support content objectives clearly. (State, pose, and explain "student friendly" objectives)

• Support language objectives clearly. (Think-Pair-Share, Chunk and Chew technique, Response cards, Take a Stand)

• Engage students approximately 90-100% of the period.

• Pace the lesson appropriately to the students proficiency level.

8. Review and Assessment

Review & Assessment:

• Give a comprehensive review of key vocabulary. You can do this by Acting out key vocabulary.

• Give a comprehensive review of key content concepts.

• Provide feedback to students regularly on their output.

• Conduct assesssments of student comprehension and learning throughout lesson on all lesson objectives.

• You can do this by having students: Draw/Write the answer on individual white boards, nonverbal responses (thumbs-up, thumbs-down), journal entries, outcome sentences, portfolios, and teacher observation/anecdotal records.

What do teachers think of the SIOP model?

Teachers view the SIOP model as a very useful tool in improving the academic performance of their students. Teachers who use the SIOP model find it an effective strategy for conveying concepts to ELL students. The SIOP model offers various strategies to informing students of the content being taught; therefore teachers find using the SIOP model beneficial in the design and implementation of the lesson.

What do students think of the SIOP model?

Students are ultimately satisfied with the implementation of the SIOP model. The main reason for this is because the SIOP model presents the content in various strategies making it easier and more comprehensible for the students in a risk free environment. Risk free environment refers to the students not feel feeling embarrassed or reluctant to participate in classroom discussions or activities. Instead, the classroom is more welcoming and fosters ELL students by providing outlets for various learning styles.

How can you use the SIOP model in a PK-12

classroom?

In the classroom, you can use the SIOP model in content lessons for a PK-12 environment. Regardless of the age or level of the student, you can modify the language objectives to fit in a more efficient way. By providing generic objectives, you can learn how to frame the objectives for English language learners around the content areas. Teachers must use whatever they can, modeling, relia, photographs, demonstrations, illustrations, and so forth, to help ELs develop content knowledge while they’re learning English.

By providing clear expectations of academic tasks, the learner will be more likely to meet their content and language objectives.

By providing ample opportunities for students to use learning strategies and maintaining higher order thinking skills

By providing frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion between teacher and student and among students, which encourage elaborated responses about lesson concepts

By providing activities that integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

By pacing the lesson appropriate to the students' ability level

By using reviews and assessments to tell what worked well and what did not work well to foster different types of learning

References

Vogt, MaryEllen, and Jana Echevarria. 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with The SIOP Model. Boston: Pearson Aylln and Bacon. 2008 Print.

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