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Awesome ESL Resources

GO to Strategies!  Scaffolding for ELL's                                    Teaching Diverse Learners       

SIOP Foldable Resource                                                           40 Ways to Read Like a Detective ppt

Academic Word List ppt                                                          Strategies to Build Vocabulary  ppt

Learn A Language   http://www.learnalanguage.com/            English Central videos

Making Passages Comprehensible for ELL's                         Differentiation

What Is the SIOP Model?

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model is a research-based and validated instructional model that has proven effective in addressing the academic needs of English learners throughout the United States. The SIOP Model consists of eight interrelated components: lesson preparation, building background, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, practice/application, lesson delivery, and review & assessment. Using instructional strategies connected to each of these components, teachers are able to design and deliver lessons that address the academic and linguistic needs of English learners.

Who benefits from SIOP instruction?

As the number of English learners increases in schools across the United States, educators are seeking effective ways to help them succeed in K-12 ESL, content area, and bilingual classrooms. Research shows that when teachers fully implement the SIOP Model, English learners' academic performance improves.  In addition, teachers report that SIOP-based teaching benefits all students, not just those who are learning English as an additional language. (Center for Applied Linguistics)