THE SIOP MODEL:
PRACTICE/APPLICATION
Laura Nailor & Morgan Owen
Practice & application
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Content Objectives:
 Identify
a variety of ways for students to enhance
learning through hands-on practice.
 Create application activities that extend the learning in
new ways and relate to language or content objectives.
Practice & application
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Language Objectives:
 Design
activities that
integrate different
language skills as students
practice new content
knowledge.
 Discuss the importance of
linking practice and
application activities to
specific lesson objectives.
Practice & application
Practice & application
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Just like riding a bike…
 Training
wheels
 Talking about experience
 Listening to others describe the experience
 Observing others
 Help from others
 Independent practice
Practice & application
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Practice helps master skills
 Reading
 Writing
 Listening
 Speaking
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Proficiency depends on opportunities for
comprehensible input and targeted output
Practice & application
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Carefully choose
activities in lesson
Activities must support
students’ progress
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Must target objectives
Differentiation
SIOP feature 20
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Hands-on materials/manipulatives
 Makes
practice more relative & meaningful
 Increases chances of mastery
 Enhances overall practice session
 Connects abstract to the concrete
Hands-on materials
AbStrAcT
Concret
e
SIOP feature 20
Questions to consider
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How much material
should be covered at
once?
How long in time
should practice
periods be?
Answers to remember
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Small, meaningful
amounts of material
Short practice times
SIOP feature 20
Questions to consider
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How often should
students practice?
How will students know
how well they have
done?
Answers to remember
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New material
 Practice
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Old material
 Space
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frequently
sessions
Give specific
feedback
Kindergarten money activity part 1
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While we are passing out materials discuss the
following question with your partner:
 Can
you remember the first time when you were able to
purchase something with your own money?
SIOP feature 21
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Activities to apply content &
language knowledge
 Discussing
and “doing” make concepts
concrete
 Involvement
application
in relevant & meaningful
SIOP feature 21
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What about errors?
 Level
of development
 L1
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Questions to consider:
 Does
the error impair meaning?
 Are others making the same/similar mistakes?
 Is a mini-lesson necessary?
Kindergarten money activity part 2
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With a partner…
 Take
turns rolling the money dice
 Distinguish the coin on the dice
 Place the dice in the corresponding tray
 Question and discuss decisions and other options
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We will know you are finished when the coins are
all used.
SIOP feature 22
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Activities integrate all language skills
 Reading,
writing, listening & speaking
 Read what we write
 Talk about what we read
 Listen to others talk about they read
SIOP feature 22
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L1 – speaking & listening acquired first
L2 – reading & writing acquired first
All skills are interconnected
Different learning styles
SIOP feature 22
Writing
Reading
Language
Listening
Speaking
Kindergarten money activity part 3
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Answer the writing prompt
individually.
Discuss with your partner once
you are finished.
SIOP feature 22
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“…although all identified language objectives in a
lesson need to be practiced & applied as the lesson
advances, not all language skills that are practiced
need to be tied to an objective…”
 P.143
Discussion Questions
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What adjustments & techniques can a teacher use
to provide ELs with successful experiences while they
read, write, listen, & speak about new information?
What materials could you use in your classroom to
meet all language skills?
Think back to a lesson you have given or been a
part of. What could have been done differently to
ensure meaning for all learners?
Conclusion
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Integrate 4 language components
Practice & application are essential for mastery
Patience with errors
Enhance with hands-on activities
Not all skills are linked to an objective
Teaching scenarios
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Read the scenario, evaluate, and discuss the lesson
 Mr.
Nguyen, page 144
 Ms. Dowden, page 145
 Miss Delgado, page 146
Teaching scenarios
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SIOP evaluation
Hands-on
materials &
manipulatives
Activities for
language &
content
Integration of all
language skills
Mr. Nguyen
2
3
3
Ms. Dowden
4
4
4
Miss Delgado
1
1
2