SIOP

Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol

 SIOP
Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol
Sheltered instruction is an approach for teaching grade level content to academic
language learners in strategic ways that make the subject matter concepts
comprehensible while promoting students English language development.

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 8 components
Levels of Language proficiency
of sheltered instruction
El students move through
six levels of language
Lesson Preparation proficiency
Comprehensible input
Entering
Lesson Delivery
Emerging
Building Background
Developing
Interaction
Expanding
Strategies
Bridging
Practice and Application
Reaching
Review and Assessment
 Lesson preparation: 6 key features
1. Content objectives: define, displayed and reviewed before, during and after the lesson
2. Language objectives: clearly defined, displayed and reviewed with students.
3. Content concepts: appropriate for educational level of students.
4. Supplementary materials: make lesson clear and meaningful
5. Adaptation of content: meet all levels of language proficiency.
6. Meaningful Activities: integrate lesson concepts with language practice in 4 domains.
 What you teach or what students will know
Content Objectives Standards benchmarks and learned outcomes
Displayed for length of time
Define display and review
Focus you planning
Written in student-friendly language

Content Objective
What standard will
you know at the end
of this lesson?
Language objectives
Opportunities to practice all 4 domains - R, W, L, S
Student friendly
Define display and reviewed
Language skills to engage in the content.

Language Objective
Listen Write How will you show
your mastery of the
standard?

Speak Read
Student-Friendly Starters
SWBAT...
We will...
TLW...
My job is

Parenthetical support - academic words followed by student- friendly word

in parenthesis, e.g., I can describe the location (place) of things in my house.
 Content Objective
What standard
will you know
at the end of
this lesson?
 Language Objective
How will you
Listen Write
show your
mastery of the
Speak Read
standard?
 Activities
Talking chips- discuss your highlights- use 3 talking
Jot a thought- read and discuss with partner
chips each
Group sort- envelope with statements- sort into
The last word- first person shares something related
groups e.g. reptiles and mammals or language
to the topic. The last word that they say, is the first
objectives and content objectives. Discuss as group,
word the next person uses to share.
debrief
Pass the plate: Essential Language -10 points per idea,
Gallery walk (Drive-by) use post it notes to make
20 bonus points for unique answers. (use a plastic plate
comments-praise/feedback
with dry erase marker.)
Random.org (for randomly picking participants)
Destiny slip- write one quirky, interesting fact. Use it
Playing Cards - each student gets one. Use them to
for calling on kids. call randomly. (Q of diamonds, 2 of hearts)
Video buddies- each watch for a specific purpose. Online-timer.com
Share with buddy after film. Helps student process Sentence frames pg 67
what they see. Password - a vocabulary review activity (participants
Www/redkid.net for templates slides for powerpoint. resources other work cited)
Rally Robin- brainstorming cooperative instruction- Student generated word bank. Academic word finder:
use a prompt colors we know or like for 30 seconds. www.academicwordfinder.com
Wordsmyth.net
Other prompt-Where do children learn language?
Rewordify.com -rewrites dense texts
Where and how do children learn Academic language?
Praises - grater and cheese, fantastic