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SIOP Lessons and Resources

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 November, 2015
  • 82 Comments

Whether a new literacy resource, a differentiated resource, a resource for inclusive classrooms, or one focused specifically on cross-cultural communication, let’s share a resource that supports SIOP, along with your own lesson design (optional), and talk about it in this blog.

  1. First, tell us why you chose the resource.
  2. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it.
  3. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with ELLs.

82 Comments

Summer Reed
A great resource that I use in my classroom to help my ELLs is https://www.starfall.com I had a student who came into my second grade classroom last year and he didn't know any English. I used this site to help him learn his letters and sounds. This was a great, fun way for him to learn. I was able to see tremendous growth through with the help of this website.
Summer Reed
A great resource that I use in my classroom to help my ELLs is https://www.starfall.com this website helps with phonics. It is really great in helping students with letter recognition and letter sounds. This website was a huge help to me when I had a student enter my second classroom and he didn't speak any English.
Stacey McLain
I found a website: www.ellandsiopresources.weebly.com. This website was setup by a teacher who created the site so teachers could have easy access to ELL and SIOP resources. There are resources on lesson planning, building background and vocabulary, assessment resources. This website has many awesome resources for a teacher just starting out.
Cassie McCammon
Brain Pop is a website that I use to help teach my students, but especially when trying to make content accessible to my my ELLs. For the age group that I teach, second grade, I like Brain Pop Jr. https://jr.brainpop.com/ This website is full of short videos to compliment many content areas being taught. I especially love this resource for science and social studies topics. The videos introduce vocabulary terms and use great example pictures. The videos also include quizzes that can be read aloud to the students just by clicking a button. THis makes the questions accessible and understandable for all students.
Deborah Dillon
I use brainpopjr.com is a wonderful resource for ELL, and all learners. It is very interactive and engaging for my students. The videos are great.
Anthony Shore
The Siop model is best used with the resources that are tied to the Iready toolbox. many of them help nominal growth all the way to advanced ideas and text decoding. This can be used to get out of the basic level of instruction and get away from simple phonics to test the kids as they go in a constructive way.
Michele Urda
SIOP- explains how having a second language environment puts students at a disadvantage against peers their own age. The students seem to already be aware of these disadvantages. This video also spoke about why the way in which we instruct second language learners has typically been ineffective since we have been trying to teach at the same pace and the same way we would if English was the student's first language. This obviously would not work. They then developed a plan after a lot of field research. They developed siop which is broken up into these 8 sections: Preparation-a meaningful assignment for the students building background- teachers use students' prior knowledge and connect it to new information in order to continue building schema. comprehensible input-making tasks and activities as clear as possible. strategies- teachers use learning and organizational strategies to help improve with learning. Interaction- teachers develop multiple forms of small group, individual and whole group activities. practice and application- teachers include hands on activities where students can apply what they have learned. lesson deliver- this is about pacing, and about student participation. review and assessment- this is for allowing students to get feedback and also to show how much progress they have made. Siop is highly successful because is builds on prior knowledge, builds confidence, builds vocabulary, and rewards learning through a shared experience in a shared and sheltered (safe) environment. The video showed how this was a successful strategy to use at all ages and in all different disciplines.
Michele Urda
- Siop is a program that was developed by teachers from multiple different areas of teaching and at multiple different levels. They started by watching teachers teach in order to determine effective ways of teaching second language learners. They knew that current methods were not working because the pacing was too fast and teachers were teaching 2nd language learners the same way that they were teaching 1st language learners. The video went through 8 different parts to the Siop method in order to be an effective teacher in helping students who are second language learners. These methods help with building on prior knowledge, building confidence, reinforcing with positive comments, giving students positive feedback and assessments frequently, giving them opportunities to work individually, in small groups and in large groups and also giving them hands on activities to be able to test out their theories and ideas. It showed that this method was effective with students as young as kindergarten all the way through high school. It was extremely effective and would be a beneficial teaching method for any student, not just second language learners.
Amanda Morey
We have begun to use a resource this year called Common Lit. (commonlit.org) We use it primarily for fluency passages. This would work well for the SIOP model particularly how we use it for the fluency builder. We choose a passage for choral reading all week long, we preview words and have the students underline them in the text, we choral read, and at the end of the week the students usually take a short quiz to assess their understanding of the text. I could see us expanding this further in having the students work in groups and using a question grid to create questions themselves that would become their assessment at the end of the week. These passages are on a fifth grade level, and it's amazing to see how they improve reading aloud from Monday to Friday!
Sydney Hitt
I chose this resource because I found a variety of subjects all related to ELL learners in the classroom. Website: http://www.colorincolorado.org/ell-strategies-best-practices. This resource has multiple articles to look through that have wonderful tips on working with ELL students. One of the most interesting that I read was based on targeting background knowledge with ELLs and why it is so important and useful. I feel like we oftentimes overlook such simply aspects when teaching students from other cultural backgrounds.
Melissa
SIOP is an effective Model for instruction for English Language Learners. As I watched the hour-long video, I learned about the 8 parts to a SIOP lesson. The eight parts include: 1) Preparation 2) Building background 3) Comprehensible input 4)Strategies 5)Interaction 6) Practice Application 7) Lesson Delivery and 8) Review and Assessment. I really appreciate the video material because I got to see the interplay between the teacher and students. It is definitely the academic model I will use in the future to initiate better instructional teaching methods I will use when planning lessons for my students in the future.
MaryLou Jordan
Here is the URL for the SIOP lesson plan that I found. http://www.cal.org/siop/pdfs/lesson-plans/SIOP-Kindergarten-Basic-Things-Lesson-Plan%20RevAug17.pdf I chose this lesson plan because it is very thorough and it addresses the SIOP protocol. It includes content and language objectives, key concepts and vocabulary for this 2-day lesson plan. The lesson also has a checklist of suggested organizational ideas that can be included in any SIOP lesson. Examples include preparation, scaffolding, grouping options, modalities addressed, application activities, and assessment. There are also cooperative learning activities like “Four Corners” and “Opinion Continuum.” The lesson plan goes on to suggest higher order questions that would be appropriate in this lesson for ELLs. Technology is embedded in the lesson with the use of a PowerPoint presentation.
Tom Bohan
Resource: https://nouberoakland.org/template-ideas/003-siop-model-lesson-plan-template-fresh-of/ The resource I am sharing is a example of a lesson plan template that teachers can use when planning to make sure that they are using the SIOP model. In this model the lesson plan must include preparation for the lesson, scaffolding, group options, integration, application, and assessment.
Tom Bohan
Resource: https://nouberoakland.org/template-ideas/003-siop-model-lesson-plan-template-fresh-of/ The resource I am sharing is a example of a lesson plan template that teachers can use when planning to make sure that they are using the SIOP model. In this model the lesson plan must include preparation for the lesson, scaffolding, group options, integration, application, and assessment. Under that teachers can plan the sequence of the lesson and teacher reflection after doing the lesson.
Melissa C.
SIOP is an effective model for instruction for English language learners. As I watched the hour-long video, I learned about the eight parts to the SIOP lesson. I really appreciate the video material because I got had a chance to see the interactions between the teacher and students. I will definitely use this academic model to initiate better instructional teaching methods when planning lessons for my students in the future. A resource that I use frequently in the classroom is enchantedlearning.com. It is a paid subscription site but over the years I have come to rely on this site to provide additional resource material to supplement classroom learning. I can scaffold material to address the diverse needs of the struggling, developing, grade level, English language learners and gifted students.
Sherri Henley
Helpful websites that are used in my classroom: - Starfall.com -https://www.starfall.com/h/ Engaging activities are researched based and aligned with Common Core Standards. Various activities in Reading, Language Arts, and Math through exploration, play and positive reinforcement. - Brainpop Jr. - https://jr.brainpop.com Universal topics are covered in engaging learning games, animated videos and activities. There is also an assessment piece that goes along with each video. - ABC Mouse - https://www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage?msclkid=c6150fb6b1bb10ea445a529ea3eb3d01 Engaging lessons and activities in Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Colors. These activities include animations, games, books, songs, puzzles, art, and printables. Students earn tickets and then cash them in to buy items in the items in the virtual store. It has been my experience that all three of these sites are beneficial to all learners. They can select their area to work in completing activities at their own pace.
Kortney Wright
I believe brainpop is a great resource for the classroom and for my students. I have used this a few times in my classroom.
Joni Gergen
I teach kindergarten and the online resource I use the most besides iReady is ABCmouse.com. It is an excellent game that the students really enjoy and it allows me to set up lessons that are content specific for what we are covering. It is free to teachers, which makes it an excellent resource.
Ryan
Brainpop Jr is a resource I like to use with my ELL students. There is also a Brainpop ELL.
Beth Tomblin
Avid.org is an excellent resource in helping to facilitate the learning of students. It provides many resources for ELL students that align with the SIOP model for instruction. One of the most important AVID strategies for ELLs is "Building Background Knowledge Activities." There are many ways to build background knowledge for ELLs, but one of my favorite is the use of Realia. Realia provides students with a hands on experience of a new concept.AVID also encourages the use of KWL charts and video clips to build a deeper connection for students before they are introduced to new material. The SIOP model also includes the need for building background knowledge. There are many other resources on AVID.org that align with the SIOP model.
Dismey Gonzalez
One of my favorite resources for this is BrainPop, Jr. I like the way that concepts are explained not only in audio form, but visually as well so ELL students can make the connection from one language to the other. It is very kid friendly, especially for younger kids, and they love "learning with Mobi"
Renee Traver
I use brainpop junior all the time in my classroom. https://jr.brainpop.com/ There are different subjects with different lessons. It is easy for the students to navigate through. For example, if a students picks science, they are able to pick different topic like sink or float. There will be a video that will show the concept to the students. There will be a short comprehension quiz at the end if they choose it. All of my students love Brainpop and it is great for ELL learners.
Carla Howe
First, tell us why you chose the resource. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with ELLs I have used starfall and it is a great resource. I would also like to introduce education.com. This resource is great for differentiating and you control the leveling of the student up to 5th grade, and you can allow for free exploration of games and learning paths through 5th grade. My ELL students have a personal pass-code and can work at their own pace. I could use it as a modification for some assignments if grade level and standard aligned. The phonics and games offered make it a great asset to help my ELL students.
Katie Davis
I chose the resource: https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/reading-second-and-third-grades. This resource gives advice for strategies to use with different types of ELL students. I currently have an ELL student who is a fluent reader but struggles with comprehension. I plan to use some of the suggestions from this website to help my struggling student with comprehension. Suggestions to help ELL students increase vocabulary and comprehension are: -Role playing or pantomiming -Using gestures -Showing real objects -Pointing to pictures -Doing quick drawings on the board -Using the Spanish equivalent and then asking students to say the word in English If words are more abstract and do not lend themselves to these strategies (Tier 2 and 3 words), you can follow these steps for each word: -Select the word from the text or conversation beforehand. -Explain meaning with student-friendly definitions. -Provide one or two examples of how it is used.
Hannah Summer
I use this resource a lot in my classroom. I chose it because it is very student, teacher, AND parent friendly. Epic has so many books in English and other languages. I typically put this recourse into a center where I will have students listen to a story in their native language, or they can get on Epic when they have finished an activity to help keep them busy.
Joey DeSimone
I think brainpop is a great resource that supports SIOP. I like to show these shorts videos in class to help my students connect to and build on their knowledge of various learning targets.
Destinee Green
The resource I chose is khan academy. The reason why I chose this resource is that is an amazing program that teaches all of the concepts that are being taught in the classroom. It is a good resource for students to use if they are needing or wanting additional practice or if there was a part of the lesson that they are not fully understanding, they can go back and watch a video on that part and get a better understanding of it. The web address is khanacademy.com. This program has potential to work effectively with ELLs because they can go back at any to watch and hear a lesson being taught.
Toniann Dallas
1. This resource gives a snapshot of the implementation of the SIOP model in a school. It also provides researched data that shows the results before and after the SIOP model was implemented. 2. http://www.cal.org/siop/pdfs/briefs/effective-practices-for-increasing-the-achievement-of-english-learners.pdf 3. This will help to enhance ELLs learning.
Cristina Perez
The resource that I use is iReady . Through the iReady toolbox and teacher assigned lessons I can help my ELL students continue to grow and learn but at their pace all while monitoring how they are learning. Also, though iReady they can master skills as they go along. It is a great tool to tie into lessons and enhance what I am teaching in class.
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