SIOP Strategies

By David Guelph
Objectives

• Students will be able to apply SIOP Strategies in their future

classrooms after this presentation.
• Students will be able to describe effective strategies when
preparing a lesson.
What is SIOP?

• Research-based and validated instructional method

• Targeted towards English language learners
• Sheltered
• Instruction
• Observation
• Protocol
8 Components
Lesson Preparation

• Clearly define content and language objectives

• Content objectives: describe what the students will learn
• Language objectives: how the students will learn the content
• Use supplementary materials (Ex: graphic organizer, images,
multimedia)
• Outlines and highlight key text
Build Background

• Self-selection Vocabulary
• Word Wall
• Concept Definition Map
Comprehensible Input

• Explain academic tasks

• Scaffolding
• Use a variety of question types and allow appropriate wait time
for response
Strategies

• Create an “I Wonder” chart

• Summarizing after readings
• Relate the summary to “I Wonder”
• Prompting questions from students
• Ellaboration: graphic organizers
SIOP Strategies: An Overview

• Line Up
• Mix & Match
• Word Chain
• Anticipation Guide
Anticipation Guide

• Links background and prior knowledge to new learning

• Graphic organizer used prior to instruction
• List of yes/no questions; answered before and after the lesson
References

• Echevarria, Jana, et al. “SIOP 8 Components and 30 Features.” Tepelo Schools,

www.tupeloschools.com/uploaded/Departments/SIOP_8_Components_for_Teachers.pdf.
• “SIOP - Learn about SIOP.” SIOP Tagline, www.cal.org/siop/about/.
• SIOP Toolbox. Berkley County Schools,
www.berkeleycountyschools.org/cms/lib/WV01000962/Centricity/Domain/37/SIOP_Tool
box.pdf.