The SIOP Model
Faculty Presentation
Welcome!
Today we are going to continue looking at the
individual components within the
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
There are 8 Components
in the SIOP Model
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Lesson Preparation
Building Background
 Comprehensible
Input
 Strategies
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Interaction
Practice and Application
Lesson Delivery
Review and Assessment
SIOP
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The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
is a teaching framework based on
decades of research of best practices
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It is not an evaluation instrument
Implementation of SIOP can and will vary
depending on the needs of each school
The SIOP Model
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month we will preview the
SIOP Components:
Comprehensible
Input &
Strategies
Comprehensible Input
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In order for our students to understand our
instruction, it is imperative to implement
techniques to improve comprehensibility
Comprehensible Input
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The SIOP component of Comprehensible Input
includes these features:
 Speech
appropriate for student proficiency levels (i.e.
slower rate, clear enunciation, etc.)
 Clear explanation of academic tasks
 A variety of techniques to make content concepts
clear (i.e. modeling, visuals, hands-on activities,
demonstrations, gestures, body language, etc.)
Comprehensible Input
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Acquiring a new language and becoming
proficient with vocabulary takes time
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Comprehensible input is achieved when
teachers pay attention to the unique
linguistic levels/needs of learners and
consistently incorporate these techniques
into their daily teaching routines
Comprehensible Input
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Effective SIOP teachers are aware of the
varied language proficiency levels of their
students
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Classroom instruction is then varied and
adjusted to meet the various language
levels
Comprehensible Input
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SIOP teachers use a variety of
techniques, including modeling, gestures,
hands-on activities, and demonstrations,
so that students understand and learn the
content material
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The goal: increased student success!
Creating SIOP Lessons
To further support student understanding try
some of these comprehensible input
techniques….
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Use gestures, body language, pictures and
objects to accompany speech
Provide a model of a process, task or
assignment
Preview material with students
Use multimedia and other technologies in
lessons
Provide consistent and repeated exposures to
words, concepts and skills
Be succinct – use concrete, realistic models
Strategies
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Techniques and methods for learning and
retaining information are systematically
taught, reviewed, and assessed in
effective SIOP classrooms
Strategies
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The SIOP Component of Strategies includes
these features:
 Ample
opportunities provided for students to use
learning strategies
 Scaffolding techniques consistently used, assisting
and supporting student understanding (e.g., thinkalouds)
 A variety of questions or tasks that promote higherorder thinking skills (e.g., literal, analytical, and
interpretive questions)
Strategies
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A primary goal of instruction is to assist
all students in becoming strategic
thinkers; those who possess a variety of
approaches for solving problems,
comprehending complex texts, and
remembering information, and achieving
academic success
Strategies
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The strategies component focuses on the
cognitive and metacognitive strategies that
learners use to make sense of new information
and concepts
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Examples of learning strategies include:
 Rereading,
note taking, organizing information,
predicting, self-questioning, evaluating, monitoring,
clarifying and summarizing
Strategies
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SIOP studies have shown that explicit
teaching and modeling of these (and other)
strategies help students become more
strategic in their thinking and learning
(CREDE, 1996-2000)
Strategies
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The ultimate goal is for students to develop
independence in self-monitoring and selfregulation through practice with peer-assisted
and student-centered strategies
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Effective SIOP teachers scaffold their lessons
and provide many opportunities for learners to
practice a variety of learning strategies in order
to make the content comprehensible
Creating SIOP Lessons
When teaching strategies to further support
student understanding try some of these….
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Paraphrase
Use “think-alouds” to model learning strategies
Slow speech, increasing pauses and speaking in
phrases
Use graphic organizers
Model and rehearse strategies such as:
 Note
taking
 Highlighting
 Making flash cards
Faculty SIOP Support
October
SIOP Overview of Components
November
Building Background
December
Interaction
February
Comprehensible Input/Strategies
March
Practice and Application
April
Review and Assessment
May
Lesson Preparation/Delivery