Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol The SIOP Model

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Sheltered Instruction Observation ProtocolThe
SIOP Model
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Restate the following

• The authors book was rather sesquipedalian.
  Clinching the piece before the end of the
  volation nonplussed us to say the least.

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Answer

• The authors book was full of long words.
• Finishing the piece before the end of the
• flight surprised us to say the least.

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Defenestrate
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Echinated
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Purchase
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Restate the following

• When the lights suddenly went out, I purchased
  the nearest thing an echinated vine! Such was
  my distress that I immediately defenestrated the
  plant.

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So, why are we here?
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Because
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Background

• More than 90 of immigrants come from non-English
  speaking countries
• Since 1980, the number of ELL students has grown
  by 95
• The general population of the United States has
  only grown by 12
• Most schools are not meeting the challenge of
  educating linguistically and culturally diverse
  students
• By 2040, 50 of students entering school will be
  non-native English speakers.

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What is Sheltered Instruction?
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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.

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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

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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

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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

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ESL versus SHELTERED INSTRUCTION

• ESL
• English development
• ESL methods used
• Teacher endorsed or certified in ESL
• English language
• development, formal and informal

• Sheltered Instruction
• Subject mastery
• SI strategies are used
• Follows mainstream scope and sequence
• Teacher is certified in the content area and has
  ESL training
• English language development is
  content-based

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