SIOP
How many components are there in a SIOP lesson?
- 8 components
What are the three factors to create frequent opportunities for interaction?
- Grouping Configurations
- Sufficient wait time
- Clarifying concepts in L1
What are the four different types of language skills?
-reading, speaking, listening, and writing
What does SIOP stand for?
- Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Name at least two of the eight components of the SIOP lesson plan.
- Lesson Preparation, Building Background, Comprehensible Input, Strategies, Interaction, Practice/ Application, Lesson Delivery, and Review and Assessment.
What does it mean to change group configurations?
-Varying grouping configurations- by moving from whole group to small group, whole group to partners, small group to individual assignments- provides students with opportunities to learn new information, discuss it, and process it.
What are two examples of applications that can be used in the classroom?
-Social interactions, Journal entries, Semantic maps, Teaching a concept, or Review games
What did the teacher in the video use for application in the classroom?
- Students created animation videos
What is SIOP used for in classrooms?
-Used to meet the academic needs of English learners
When providing sufficient wait time, how long should you wait between the question and responses?
- It is recommended to count/ wait between 4-6 seconds.
One way to use the practice step effectively is to have _____?
- Hands on practice
How many group configurations should a teacher plan for when writing the SIOP lesson plan?
-They should have/use at least 2 different group configurations planned for each lesson.
What is the difference between a language objective and a content objective?
-Content objective is what the students will learn and be able to do during the lesson.
-Language objective is designed to promote student's language development through all four language domains: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
What does it mean to allow the students to clarify different concepts in L1
-means to either provide aids or supplemental material in the students native language. It also mentioned that English Language learners benefit from opportunities to clarify or explain different concepts in their native language as needed.
Students must be given an opportunity for both ____?
- Input and targeted output
A teacher gives students the opportunity to create their own equations in math. Is this an example of practice, application, or interaction?
What are the two scaffolding techniques that were discussed in the strategies component of SIOP?
-Verbal and Procedural scaffolding
Why do teachers tend to not provide enough wait time when students are answering questions?
- They feel that the silence is too awkward and want to fill it somehow or they try to cover to much material in little time.
Why is it important for students to apply new information?
- to make abstract concepts concrete
A teacher asks her class a question and waits 5 seconds before calling on students. Is this an example of practice, application, or interaction?
-interaction