SIOP Model:

Lesson Prep
& Building
Background
By: Brianna Witt
Objectives

Students should be able to briefly explain what components are

related to lesson preparation and building backgrounds

Give examples of content adaptation and how to help students with

key vocabulary
KWL
 What is the SIOP model?

SIOP-The Sheltered Instruction Observation

Protocol

SIOP is used to make content comprehensible for

English Language Learners

Key components of the SIOP model are teaching

language and content effectively
Lesson Preparation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5xK5gP_Tbw

● Teacher writing a lesson that incorporates the 8 elements

● Create two different objectives
○ Orally and written
● Strategically choose content for students
○ Age appropriate
○ On grade-level
● Use supplementary materials to make information clear and
meaningful
● Adaptation of content
● Plan Meaningful activities
Question

Write down 2 objectives.

One that is your content and one that is a language objective

Objectives Examples

● Language Objectives
○ Think about how language will be used in a lesson
○ Go from simple to more complex:
■ Recognize similes in texts
■ Discuss function of similes
■ Write 3 similes
○ Deal with listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking
Brainstorm

What content adaptations may be useful to help an ELL student?

Content Adaptation

● Make texts available to students without watering down the

material
○ Graphic Organizers
○ Outlines
○ Highlighted Text
○ Marginal Notes
○ Taped Text
○ Adapted text
○ Jigsaw
○ Leveled Study Guides
Question

Which of those content adaptations do you like the best.

Write down three ways that adaptation would help an ELL student
Supplementary Material

Provide students with concrete experiences, visual support and

scaffolding

● Hands-on manipulatives
● Visuals
● Multimedia
● Demonstrations
● Related Material
Building Backgrounds

● Link concepts to students background experience

● Make links between students past learning and the new
concepts
● Emphasize key vocabulary
○ Strong correlation between vocabulary and student
achievement
○ Select fewer key terms
○ Teach “school language”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXeEFCTMbg
Linking Concepts to Students Experience

View a video

Use the Insert Method

Key Vocabulary

1. Contextualizing Key Vocabulary

2. Vocabulary Self-Selection
3. Personal Dictionaries
4. Content Word Wall
5. Concept Definition Map
6. Cloze Sentences
7. Word Sorts
8. Word Generation
9. Visual Vocabulary
10. Vocabulary through song
QUIZ

1. What are the main components of lesson preparation?

2. What are the main components of building backgrounds?
3. What are some examples of content adaptation?
4. What strategies can help students learn key vocabulary?
Learning Styles

I accommodated verbal, visual, social, and auditory learners. I had

a presentation for the visual learners. I personal spoke about the
ideas to help auditory learners and verbal learners. I demonstrated
to the students how to make diagrams in order to help visual
learners. Lastly, I had the students collaborate with one another to
accommodate social learners.
References

https://graniteschools.instructure.com/courses/1118234/pages/building-background

https://www.nsbsd.org/cms/lib/AK01001879/Centricity/Domain/41/The%20SIOP%20Model%2
0Overview.pdf