1. Session IV.
Instructional Planning using
Sheltered Instruction Observation
Protocol (SIOP)
Shonté Wallace
EDU 6051

2. 2 Truths. 1 Lie.
•Within your group, tell 2
truths and 1 lie.
•Have your colleagues guess
which one is the lie.

3. Sheltered Instruction:
What is it?
• Why do we need sheltered instruction?
• (click link to watch video)

4. Why is SIOP considered “best practice”?
According to Echevarria et al. (2012)
• ● ”Teaching the five major components of reading (NICHD, 2000)
to English learners is necessary but not sufficient for developing
academic literacy. ELs need to develop oral language proficiency as
well.
• ● Oralcy and literacy can develop simultaneously.
• ● Academic literacy in the native language facilitates the
development of academic
• literacy in English.
• ● High-quality instruction for English learners is similar to high-
quality instruction for other, English-speaking students, but ELs need
instructional accommodations and support to fully develop their
English skills.
• ● English learners need enhanced, explicit vocabulary development”
(p. 14)

5. What is SIOP?
• What is SIOP?
• (click link to watch video)

6. What can you do?
• Clearly define content objectives each day
• Clearly define language objectives
• Scaffold difficult concepts
• Allow opportunities for teacher and student interactions

7. How-to-Honeycomb
by Dr. Zoe Anne Brown
• The Honeycomb has 3 main purposes
1. Makes content comprehensible
2. Incorporates college and career readiness essential
standards
3. Supports instruction to allow English learners
opportunities to master the same content and language
objectives as their native-English speaking peers.

8. Honeycomb Method for
Comprehensible Input
The "How-to Honeycomb" concept and visual was created by consultant Dr. Zoe Ann Brown (findingedsolutions.com),
2013. http://www.teachingenglishlearners.com/ells-and-academic-success/key-strategies#.UzEF3r_A5G4

9. Discussion Questions from to
Echevarria et al. (2012)
• Reflect on an English language learner in one of your classes.
Identify the individual and sociocultural factors that may
influence the educational success of these students. In what ways
might SIOP® Model instruction help them?
• Many teachers fail to take advantage of the language learning
opportunities for students in sheltered content classes. Why do
you think this is so? Offer two concrete suggestions for these
teachers to enhance their students’ language development
• Look at one of your own lesson plans. Which characteristics of
the SIOP® Model do you already incorporate? Which ones
would you incorporate in the future?