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Public Schools of Robeson County October 6-7, 2009
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Building Background
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Objectives
Content Identify strategies for
linking concepts to students’ background experiences, bridging past learning to new concepts, and emphasizing key vocabulary.
Language Discuss and share
cultural differences.
Discuss and share building back-ground strategies with peers.
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ELLELL DemographicsDemographics
Nearly one of every 5 students entering U.S. schools speaks
a language other than English.
One in 3 school children is from an ethnic or racial minority group.
One in 10 is born outside the U.S. (2000 Census)
Hola!
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"Learning to speak another's language means taking one's place in the human community. It means reaching out to others across cultural and linguistic boundaries. Language is far more than a system to be explained. It is our most important link to the world around us. Language is culture in motion. It is people interacting with people."
Sandra Savignon Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice. Reading, MA Addison Wesley, 1983, p. 187 .
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The Culture Quiz
Please complete the culture quiz.
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SIOP Vocabulary
ELL’s
English Language Learners
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SIOP Vocabulary (con’t)
ESL
English as a Second Language
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SIOP Vocabulary (con’t)
LEP
Limited English Proficiency
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The 8 Components of SIOP
PreparationBuilding BackgroundComprehensible InputStrategiesInteractionPracticeLesson DeliveryAssessment
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BUILDING BACKGROUND
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Building Background
1) Link concepts to students’ background experiences.
2) Bridge past learning to new concepts.
3) Key vocabulary emphasized.
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Inside Outside Circle
Make a list of 5 ways you connect past learning to new concepts in your classroom.
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Ideas for Linking to Students’ Background
Discuss students’ previous experiences
Question students’ backgrounds
Use pictures and allow students to sketch.
Show a video clip
Following discussion, relate students’ input and directly apply it to the new concept.
Realia, photos, illustrations
Anecdotal accounts
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Linking Background
“Teachers of English learners need to be aware that what may appear to be poor comprehension and memory skills may in fact be a lack of experience or a failure to activate background knowledge assumed by a message or text” (Bransford, 1994)as quoted in Echevarria, Vogt, and Short,
Making Content Comprehensible 3rd Edition, p. 56. (emphasis added)
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What Do You See?
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Bridge Past Learning to New Concepts
Integrate new information with what the learner already knows.
Build a bridge from previous learning to new concepts for students to cross over.
Not all students have the ability to make
connections on their own. These students benefit from teacher’s explicitly modeling and connections.
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Why Do We NEED to Build Students’ Background?
One of the biggest ways we can help students build their own background is through…
READING!!! Studies show that students that
participate in long term SSR (7 mo. to one yr.) moved from the 50th percentile to the 81st percentile in comprehension!
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Restate the following:
The authors book was rather
sesquipedalian. Clinching
the piece before the end of
the volation nonplused us
to say the least.
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Answer:
The author’s book was full of long
words. Finishing the piece before
the end of the flight surprised us
to say the least.
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Defenestrate
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Echinated
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Purchase
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Restate the following:
When the lights suddenly went out, I purchased
the nearest thing; an echinated vine! Such
was my distress that I immediately
defenestrated the plant.
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Restate the following:
When the lights suddenly went out, I purchased
the nearest thing; an echinated vine! Such
was my distress that I immediately
defenestrated the plant.
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Cloze Sentences
When the lights went out, I ___________
the nearest object. It was an ________
vine. I was so surprised that I ________
the plant.
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Key Vocabulary
Content Words: Spreadsheet, cell, rows, table, window
Process/Function Words: Share with a partner, discuss, graph, list,
classify, summarize, therefore, in conclusionWords and Word Parts that Teach
English StructureGreek and Latin Roots P. 60 Making Content Comprehensible 3rd
Edition
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Key Vocabulary
Immerse students in a vocabulary-rich environment, BUT give them the tools to survive! Idea: Use the14 word roots with clues to
over 100,000 words! Why not teach one per week?
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Video
Akeelah and the Bee
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Key Vocabulary
Students should be actively involved in their own vocabulary development and make it personal Idea: Have each student create a
personal dictionary.
http://documents.cms.k12.nc.us/dsweb/View/Collection-2134 http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/
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Resources to Help Students
Comparing words As well as Too Similar to
Sequencing First of all Finally Meanwhile
Contrasting words However On the other hand Although
Cause/effect Since Therefore As a result
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3) Key Vocabulary
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Special clothes that show someone belongs to a certain group.
Special clothes that show someone goes to a certain school.
uniform
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3) Key Vocabulary
The most effective way to teach vocabulary is when it is presented in the context of new concepts, not in isolation.
Describe the wordUse multiple exposures
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TABLE??
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Ways to Teach Key Vocabulary Vocabulary Self-Selection: Encourage
students to select vocabulary words that THEY feel are essential for their understanding.
Word Wall: Display vocabulary words related to the new concept being taught.
Cloze sentences: Strong contextual support When the lights went out, I ___________ the
nearest object. Four Corners Vocabulary: Gives the
students the opportunity to identify, illustrate, define and contextualize a vocabulary word.
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Four Corners for Vocabulary
Corner 1: WordCorner 2: PictureCorner 3: DefinitionCorner 4: Sentence
See following example
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4 Corner/Frayer Model Example
Avoid To stay away from something
Examples Bullies Drugs Spoiled milk Stinky garbage Scary animals
I try to avoid dangerous situations.
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Vocabulary Triangles
Word and definition in English
Word and definition in native language
Picture
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Create and USE Word Walls
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Add pictures
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Focus on root words
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Word Wall – focus on adjectives
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Put it in a public place!
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Key Features