The SIOP ModelHow to shelter instruction for English Language

Learners

LEP Student Statistics at East Mecklenburg High School

• 168 LEP students currently enrolled

• Speak 22 different languages

• 93 East Meck teachers have LEP students in their classes

4 Squares with Motto

• Share mottos at your table and decide on the best motto to be shared out with everyone.

Advantages of having ELLs in

your class

Challenges of having ELLs in

your class

Needs your ELLs have

in your class

Motto for teaching ELLs in

your class

What is Sheltered Instruction?• A means for making grade-level academic content

(e.g., science, social studies, math) more accessible for English language learners while at the same time promoting their English language development.

• The practice of highlighting key language features and incorporating strategies that make content comprehensible to students.

• An approach that can extend the time students have for getting language support services while giving them a jump start on the content subjects they need for graduation.

Components of SIOP• Preparation• Building Background• Comprehensible Input• Strategies• Interaction• Practice/Application• Lesson Delivery• Review/Assessment

SIOP Component ChecklistReverse Jigsaw

• After completing the SIOP Checklist, find the component where you placed the most “U’s.”

• Find the corresponding table/poster for that component.

• Work together with that group of people to create an activity you would use to support that component.

SIOP Resources• Making Content Comprehensible for

English Language Learners• 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching

English Learners with the SIOP Model• www.cal.org/siop• SIOP Listserv (Intranet, Departments,

English as a Second Language, SIOP)• Coming soon! SIOP Wiki

• Don’t forget your SIOP Tool Box!

Questions?Holley Mayville – ESL

Resource TeacherHolley.mayville@cms.k12.nc.usSarah Lang – Title III SIOP

Coachsarahm.lang@cms.k12.nc.us