SIOP: Sheltered Instruction Observation
ProtocolDr. April Salerno
Fulbright Scholar, USA
Agenda Introductions What is SIOP? “Information gap” activity SIOP Video Lesson plan analysis
Who I am … April Salerno USA: University of Virginia Moldova: Fulbright Scholar at Ion
Creanga State Pedagogical University, 2015-2016
States where I’ve lived: South Carolina, North Carolina, New Mexico, Virginia
Peace Corps volunteer, 2003-2005 in Cuhurestii de Sus, r. Floresti
Introductions
Tell us:Your nameYour SchoolWhat grades you
teachHow long you’ve been
teaching
SIOP “stands for” …
S – Sheltered I – Instruction O – Observation P - Protocol
Sheltered Instruction
Echevarria, Vogt, & Short:
“Teachers would employ techniques that make the content concepts accessible and also develop the students’ skills in the new language.”
“Information gap” activity
Only look at your paper! Your partner has information you
need, and you have information he/she needs.
Tell each other what you need to know to complete your sheets.
8 Components1. Lesson Preparation2. Building Background3. Comprehensible Input4. Strategies5. Interaction6. Practice and Application7. Lesson Delivery8. Review & Assessment
8 SIOP Components
Questions to ask
1. Lesson Preparation
Does the lesson plan include content and language objectives, supplemental materials, and meaningful activities?
2. Building Background
How will I connect with what students already know?
3. Comprehensible Input
How will I adjust, so students will understand?
4. Strategies How can I teach students strategies to help themselves?
5. Interaction Are students in groups where they can interact?
6. Practice and Application
Will students get to practice the new content and language?
7. Lesson Delivery
Does the lesson meet the objectives? Are students engaged?
8. Review and Assessment
Did students learn? What feedback will I give them?
Checklist for SIOP Lesson Plans
Look over this checklist with a partner.
Talk about it with each other. Do you understand them all?
Which ones do you need help understanding?
Video Watch the video:
3rd gradeFact vs. opinionLesson Delivery
Think: Are the elements in the checklist present in the lesson?
The video can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVGbz4EqyGs
Discuss with a Partner
Were the elements of the checklist present in the lesson?
What do you think was effective about the lesson?
What do you think was ineffective?
SIOP Lesson Plan Study In groups look at one of the four lesson plans. (Hint: Notice the abbreviation key.) First, try to talk through what is happening in
the lesson: K-2: T-chart, signal words, sentence frames 3-5: 4-Corners Vocabulary 6-8: Anticipation Guide 9-12: Character Map
Second, see if you can identify the SIOP elements.
Finally, think about ways these approaches could be used with the national curriculum.
Group sharingTell about the
activities in your lesson plan.
What was interesting for you about the lesson plan you saw?
What questions do you still have about it?
Questions
What questions do you have?