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Sheltered Instruction
Part II of III
Presented by
Office of English Language Learners
2013-14
Session Goals
• Develop a basic understanding of the
components and features of sheltered
instruction
• Understand sheltered instruction and its role in
providing meaningful access to core instruction
to English Learners
• Gain knowledge of strategies and techniques
that can be utilized to help ELLs acquire
academic language and content knowledge.
Norms for Collaborative Learning
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Understand that those who work learn
Look for solutions, not blame
Phrase questions for the benefit of everyone
Be honest
Recognize that everyone has expertise
Challenge ideas
Share talk time
Respect our learning environment
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SIOP Components
• 8 General Components
– Lesson Preparation
– Building Background
– Comprehensible Input
– Strategies
– Interaction
– Practice/Application
– Lesson Delivery
– Review/Assessment
Gallery Walk
Activity Directions:
1. Participants work in groups to create posters
about a component of SIOP
2. Display completed posters around the room.
3. Groups rotate to the next poster, adding to
what is already there.
4. When time is up, participants return to their
own posters and ask volunteers to summarize
orally the ideas or comments that were added.
Why provide Sheltered
Instruction?
 So that students will have meaningful access to
the full curriculum.
 So that students will progress with their English
language development while meeting academic
content standards.
 So that students will acquire the language and
content necessary to exit the formal ESL
program and demonstrate academic
achievement as a result of teacher
collaboration and planning.
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Building Background
7. Link concepts to background experiences
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Teach vocabulary as prereading step
Chapter previews
Anticipation guides
8. Link concepts to past learning
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Make explicit connections between new learning and the
material, vocabulary, and concepts previously covered
9. Introduce and teach key vocabulary
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Introduced, written, repeated, and highlighted for students to
see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXeEFCTMbg
Comprehensible Input
10.Clear articulation of words and sentences
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Enunciate clearly
Avoid colloquialisms
11.Speech is not too fast or too slow
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Pause between phrases
Repeat and review vocabulary
12. A variety of techniques to make concepts
clear
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Paraphrase (Teacher to student & student to student)
TPR
Use visuals
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Strategies
13.Provide opportunities for students to use
strategies
 Cognitive
 Metacognitive
 Language Learning
14.Use scaffolding techniques consistently
15.Use a variety of question types
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Why a Focus on Strategies?
Provide opportunities for students
to use strategies
Cognitive
Metacognitive
Language Learning
•Previewing a text
•Predicting and Inferring
•Applying reading skills
•Establishing a purpose
•Self-questioning
•Analyzing and using
forms and patterns in
English
•Highlighting
•Monitoring and clarifying •Making logical guesses
about words
•Reading aloud
•Evaluating
•Breaking words into
component parts
•Taking notes
•Summarizing and
synthesizing
•Substituting known
words for unknown
words
•Self-talking
•Visualizing
•Finding key vocabulary
•Using mnemonics
Let’s Try a Metacognitive
Strategy
Activity Directions:
1. Find a partner at your table. Decide who will be
#1 and who will be #2.
2. Both of you will read the quote to yourselves.
3. #1 will read the quote to #2.
4. Then, #2 will read the quote to #1.
5. #1 will then summarize the quote.
6. #2 will then boil it down to a summary using
just 10 words.
Self regulated learning “emphasizes
autonomy and control by the individual
who monitors, directs, and regulates
actions toward goals of information,
acquisition, expanding expertise, and selfimprovement.”
(Paris, 2001;, as cited in MCC4, p.117)
Use scaffolding techniques
consistently
• Scaffolding is…
– Teaching that is characterized by careful attention
to a student’s levels of language and academic
proficiency, with early instruction at a level that
ensures student success
– The teacher provides enough support to move
students from one level of understanding to a
higher level of understanding
– Assistance is decreased as students are able to
access content concepts independently
– Historically, this has been referred to as the
Handout
“gradual release of responsibility”
Gradual Release for Language
Learners
This is an added step to
support language learners
More on Scaffolding
• The strategic use of sentence starters
– Giving students sentence starters or frames
provides the support many need to be able to
participate in literature and content area
discussions
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I already know…
I wonder why…
If__________, then…
In my mind, I see..
I got lost here because…
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Use a variety of question types
• Use a variety of questions or tasks that
promote higher-order thinking skills
Plan questions ahead of time to ensure that
students are being challenged appropriately,
regardless of language proficiency
Example:
• Are seeds sometimes carried by the wind?
vs.
• Which of these seeds would mostly likely be
carried by the wind: the round one or the smooth
one? Or this one that has fuzzy hairs? Why do you
think so?
Interaction
16. Offer frequent opportunities for
interaction and discussion
17.Use a variety of grouping configurations
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Group students to support language and content objectivesuse at least 2 different structures during a lesson- pairs,
triads, teams, varied by language proficiency or interest
18.Use wait time
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Consistently afford sufficient wait time-
19.Use native language support when
advantageous
Practice/Application
20.Use hands-on materials and/or
manipulatives for students to practice
using new content knowledge
21.Provide practice opportunities for
students to apply content and language
objectives
22.Integrate reading, writing, speaking and
listening
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrQr4GBg0g
Lesson Delivery
• 23. Clearly support content objectives
 Objectives apparent throughout lesson
• 24. Clearly support language objectives
 Students given ample opportunities to “show off” their
language capabilities in speaking, reading, writing
• 25. Promote student engagement
 Engage students 90-100% of the lesson- less “teacher talk”students are actively working in whole group, small group
and individually
 26. Appropriately pace the lesson to
students’ ability level
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFTlmJmdmw&feature=relmfu
Review & Assessment
Review Lesson Objectives:
• 27. Key Vocabulary
Provide comprehensive review of key vocabulary.
• 28. Key content concepts
Supply comprehensive review of key content
concepts.
Assess Lesson Objectives:
• 29. Regularly give feedback to students on their
output—clarify, discuss, correct responses
• 30. Assess student comprehension of objectives
3-2-1 Reflection
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things you learned or “Aha!” moments
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things you’re going to go back and do
differently as a results of today’s session
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thing you still have a question about
Final Thoughts or Questions?
• If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the
Office of ELLs:
– Soledad Barreto, Director
• [email protected]
– Ronilee Scittarelli, Secondary ELL Specialist
• [email protected]
– Nelia Fontes, Elementary ELL Specialist
• [email protected]
– Roland Sasseville, Secondary ELL Specialist
• [email protected]
– 456-9256