509J SIOP Tools Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Making Content Accessible to English Language Learners

SIOP Components

·        Key Components – Teaching Language and content Effectively http://www.misd.net/bilingual/ELL.pdf

·        Teaching Diverse Learners – Sheltered English Instruction http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/mc-principles.shtml#compon

·        SIOP:  Making Content Comprehensible for ELLs http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/using_siop_model_08621.php.php

Content and Language Objectives

·        Choosing Content   http://www.ryter.com/call/content.html

·        Defining Language Objectives    http://www.ryter.com/call/language.html

·        OR English Language Proficiency Standards http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=36

·        OR Searchable Content Standards    http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/real/standards/

Graphic Organizers

·        Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking  http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Index.htm

·        Enchanted Learning – Graphic Organizers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/

·        Graphic Organizers for Content Instruction http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/graphic_organizers.php

Vocabulary Development

·        Vocabulary University  http://www.vocabulary.com/

·        Teaching English – Vocabulary Activities http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/TRY/vocabtry/vocab_activities.shtml

Sample SIOP Lesson Plans

If teachers in our district have developed their own SIOP Lesson Plans and are willing to share them, please contact Cary Varela ext. 220, cvarela@509j.net.

             Elementary

·        Figurative Language        http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPBF.html

·        Addition Stories               http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPIR.html

·        Nutrition/Food Pyramid http://www.opdp.outreach.ou.edu/Documents/ASI%20Unit%20Moakley-Adam.pdf

·        Poetry/Harriet Tubman http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/siop_lesson_plan_sample.pdf

·        Animal Needs http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/gr_2_sci_animals_work.pdf

·        Animal Behavior http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/gr_2_animals_protect_selves.pdf

            Middle School

·        Figurative Language Lesson  http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPBF.html

·        The English Settle America  http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPBB.html

·        Taínos    http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPRowlandTanios.pdf

·        Magnets   http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPCI.html

·        WWII and the Atomic Bomb   http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPAB.html

·        The Achievements of the Sumerian Empire  http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPS.html

·        Cell Structure and Function http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/jh_cell_structure_function.pdf

            High School

·        Figurative Language Lesson  http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPBF.html

·        Parts of the Cell   http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPPA.html

·        WWII and the Atomic Bomb  http://www.cal.org/siop/lessons/LPAB.html

·        Geometry – Areas of Regular Polygons http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/hs_geom_area_polygons.pdf

·        Geometry – Areas of Triangles and Trapezoids http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/programs/bilingual/sheltered_instruction/hs_geom_triangles_trapezoids.pdf

Teachers of English Language Learners (elementary level)

·        ¡Colorín Colorado!   http://www.colorincolorado.org/homepage.php

GLAD Units (Guided Language Acquisition Design) – for elementary and middle school teachers of sheltered instruction.  If teachers in our district have developed their own GLAD Units and are willing to share them, please contact Cary Varela ext. 220, cvarela@509j.net.

·        Forest Grove School District – GLAD Units http://www.fgsd.k12.or.us/Default.aspx?tabid=247

·        Santa Ana Unified School District – GLAD Units and Strategies http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/departments/eld_bilingual/units.asp

·        Nevada Professional Development Website – Project GLAD Units of Study http://nv.profdev.net/pdforums/glad/units.html

Other Informational Links:

http://www.cal.org/crede/

• CREDE assists the nation's population of diverse students, including those at risk of educational failure, to achieve academic excellence. The purpose of CREDE's research is to identify and develop effective educational practices for linguistic and cultural minority students, such as those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location.

http://www.cal.org/crede/si.htm

·        The Effects of Sheltered Instruction on the Achievement of Limited English Proficient Students:  This project is working with teachers to identify key practices for sheltered instruction and to develop a professional development model that would enable more teachers to use sheltered instruction effectively in their classrooms.

http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.459dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c/

·        Educational Leadership Magazine (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educators, and the latest trends and issues affecting prekindergarten through higher education.  EL is published eight times each year, September through May, with a combined December/January issue.