1. Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) for Science and Math Teachers

2. Agenda Welcome Session Objectives
Introduction to Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Lesson Preparation
Preparation Features
Content and Language Objectives
Wrap-up and questions

3. Session Objectives: Content Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Become familiar with Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Explain the importance of including language and content objectives in lessons for English Language Learners (ELLs)
Adapt content to the proficiency levels of ELLs
Design and integrate meaningful activities into content areas

4. Session Objectives (cont)
Language Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
Discuss the components of the SIOP
Identify the difference between content and language objectives by developing them for lesson plans and using resources
Debate the inclusion of both kinds of objectives and use of supplementary materials.

5. What is Sheltered Instruction?
Sheltered instruction is an English immersion approach to instruction and classroom management that teachers can use to help second language learners to simultaneously acquire English and content area knowledge and skills.

6. Characteristics of Sheltered Instruction
Comprehensible input
Warm, affective environment
High levels of student interaction, including small-group and cooperative learning
Student-centered
More hands-on tasks
Careful, comprehensive planning, including selecting key concepts from core curriculum

7. Characteristics of Sheltered Instruction (cont.)
Well-planned lessons
Time-on-task
Use of student background knowledge and experience
Variety of delivery modes
Grade-level content
Checks for understanding
Use of higher-order thinking skills
Explicitly stated lesson objectives

8. Components of Sheltered Instruction
Modeling
Hands-on-activities
Realia
Commercially-made pictures
Teacher-made pictures
Overhead projector
Demonstrations
Multimedia
Timelines
Graphs
Bulletin boards
Maps
Globes
Computers

9. Lesson Preparation
Key to effective teaching and learning

10. Lesson Preparation
Objectives should provide practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking
Incorporate strategies for grammar, vocabulary, and language learning;
Objectives must be explicit to the students so that they know what the teacher expects them to learn each day.

11. Preparing a SIOP Lesson
Purpose: to develop an understanding of how to prepare a SIOP lesson.
Materials: SIOP components, KWL chart, Preparation components handout.
Warm-up activity: KWL Chart

12. SIOP Components Preparation Building Background Comprehensible Input
Strategies
Interaction
Practice/Application
Lesson/Delivery
Review/Assessment

13. Preparation Features Clearly defined content objectives for students
Clearly defined language objectives for students
Content concepts appropriate for age and educational background.
Supplementary materials used to a high degree, making the lesson clear and meaningful (e.g. graphs, models, visuals)
Adaptation of content (e.g.text, assignment) to all levels of student proficiency.
Meaningful activities that integrate lesson concepts (e.g. surveys, letter writing, simulations, constructing models) with language practice opportunities for reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking.

14. Debate Divide into 2 teams
Each team subdivides into pro and con position holders
Topics for debate:
Content objectives and language objectives should be addressed in separate lessons.
It is necessary to tell the students the objectives each day
Supplementary materials should be used in place of textbooks for ELLs.
All lessons should include reading, writing, listening and speaking practice.

15. Debate (cont)
Each subgroup prepares 3 or 4 points that support their position and identify a debater from the group.

16. Reason language objectives are problematic:
Content teachers do not know how to identify potential language objectives
Content teachers do not have time to teach language
Teaching language is often considered the role of the ESL teacher
Content teachers do not know enough about their ELLs’ proficiency levels to determine appropriate language objectives.

17. The SIOP enables teachers to help students overcome obstacles they face due to lack of language proficiency.
Plans
LESSON PLAN
SIOP
SIOP
Lesson

18. Content and Language Objectives
Purpose: to understand the importance of writing content and language objectives for each lesson and sharing them with English Language Learners everyday.

19. Activity
#1 Think-Pair-Share: What is the difference between content and language objectives?

20. Content and Language Objectives (cont)
Example of a content objective for math:
TAKS Objective 7 for Exit Level TAKS
The student will demonstrate an understanding of two- and three-dimensional representations of geometric relationships and shapes.
TESOL Objective 2: The student will use English to achieve academically in content areas.

21. Content and Language Objectives (cont)
Example of a content objective for science:
Biology (12) Science concepts. The student knows that interdependence and interactions
occur within an ecosystem. The student is expected to
(E) investigate and explain the interactions in an ecosystem including food chains, food webs,
and food pyramids. (Tested at grade 10)
TESOL Objective 2: The student will use English to achieve academically in content areas.

22. Activity #2
Participants will work in small groups to develop 3 language objectives for their content area using handout
Select one member of each group to share findings.

23. Wrap-up
If your horse is dead, GET OFF!
DEAD
HORSE
Make a new plan!