1. SIOP Workshop #2 More Practice with Language Objectives
Key Elementary School
September 25, 2008

2. Sheltered Instruction
The
SIOP
Model
Lesson Preparation
Building Background
Comprehensible
Input
Strategies
Interaction
Practice &
Application
Lesson
Delivery
Review &
Assessment
The SIOP Model of
Sheltered Instruction
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3. Component #1: Lesson Preparation
1. Content objectives clearly defined, displayed, and reviewed with students
2. Language objectives clearly defined, displayed, and reviewed with students
3. Content concepts appropriate
4. Supplementary materials used
5. Adaptation of content to proficiency levels
6. Meaningful activities that integrate concepts with opportunities for language practice

4. Academic Language

5. Successes
Challenges

6. Objectives for today…. Teachers will be able to:
recognize opportunities for creating language objectives to reinforce content
write a language objective for a content topic and create an activity to support the objective

7. Big Ideas
Effective lessons maximize opportunities for learning by incorporating content and language objectives that reinforce reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Objectives must be made explicit to students so they know what they are expected to learn each day.

8. Model SIOP Lesson Unit: Geography
SOL 3.5 The student will develop map skills by:
b) using the equator and prime meridian to identify the four hemispheres
e) locating specific places on a simple letter-number grid system

9. Key Terms (from APS social studies curriculum guide)
cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)
coordinates
location
hemisphere
Equator
Prime Meridian
northern, southern, eastern, western
grid

10. Objectives for Students
Today we will
practice map skills by locating a place on the map using a grid
name the hemisphere the place is in
To practice using the geography words, we will:
tell sentences to a partner about the location
listen to a partner’s sentences and politely agree or disagree

11. My coordinates are _________. D C B A
Equator
Prime Meridian
North
West
South
East
My coordinates are _________.
My location is __________ of the Equator in the ___________ hemisphere.
My location is __________ of the Prime Meridian in the _____________ hemisphere.
Do you agree?
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Yes, I agree with you.
No, I don’t agree with you. I think the location is ___________ of the ____________ (Equator or Prime Meridian) in the ________________ hemisphere.

12. Instructions….. 1) Mark a location on your world map grid.
2) Practice saying your sentences to yourself.
3) When teacher says “go”, find your partner and tell your locations to each other. Tell if you agree or disagree with your partner.
4) Repeat the activity with two more partners.

13. SIOP Lesson Reflection
Jot down strategies observed that could benefit struggling learners
II. How could this kind of speaking/listening activity be adapted for your teaching assignment and students?

14. How do I carry out an effective language objective?
1. Post your key vocabulary and refer to the words throughout the activity.
2. Tell students the language objective for this activity.
3. Model the activity for students, emphasizing the key vocabulary they are to practice.
4. Allow students to practice independently.
5. Assess mastery.
6. Review the objective at the end of class.