SIOP Unit
nadoshahOverview of the Chapter
Student-centered classrooms
Be actively engaged in interaction around subject matter
ELLs practice English in all academic field
Small-group opportunities
Background
Frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion between teacher/student and among students, which encourage elaborated responses about lesson concepts
Balance linguistic turn-taking between the teacher and students, and among students
Reading comprehension skills and writing skills are positively correlated with oral language proficiency in English
SIOP Feature 16
Grouping configurations support language and content objectives of the lesson
Whole class
Partners
Small group
Individual assignments
Grouping strategy
Homogeneous or heterogenous
Gender, language proficiency, language background, and/or ability
Differentiation
SIOP Feature 17
Feature 18: Sufficient wait time for student responses consistently provided
After the wait time, the teacher repeats, rephrases, asks a different questions or calls on another students
Wait time varies by culture
Culturally responsive strategy
Feature 19: Ample opportunity for students to clarify key concepts in L1 as needed with aide, peer, or L1 text
SIOP Feature 18 & 19
Read three teaching scenarios from pp.171-176, using the SIOP form in figure 6.2 to evaluate three teachers’ lesson on each of the strategy's features.
Check with your answers for the discussion of lesson pp.176-179.
Evaluation Activity