Resources
Publications: Sheltered
Instruction
SIOP Packages
CAL has
assembled two SIOP packages for your convenience
and savings.
Each component can also be purchased
separately.
1. SIOP STARTER PACKAGE
This package was created for teachers, professional
development staff, coaches, and administrators interested
in designing and delivering SIOP professional
development workshops for educators.
Order the SIOP Starter Package at the CAL Store.
2. SIOP COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE
This package of materials was assembled to provide
educators the resources they need to teach others to
use the SIOP Model in their classrooms through workshops,
coaching, analysis of SIOP instruction, and
discussion of relevant readings.
Order the SIOP Comprehensive Package at the CAL Store.
Individual components
Helping
English Learners Succeed: An Overview of the SIOP Model
Justine Hudec and Deborah Short (Producers)
This resource, available in VHS or DVD format, is designed for administrators,
policymakers, and educators as an introduction to sheltered content instruction
and for teachers of education as a tool for use in methodology classes. Filmed
in a documentary style, this video features six exemplary teachers who are seen
following the SIOP Model and employing a wide range of teaching strategies that
integrate language and content learning. The scenes show elementary, middle,
and high school students in mathematics, science, and social studies classes. 2002. Order
online from the CAL Store.
The
SIOP Model: Sheltered Instruction for Academic Achievement
Justine Hudec and Deborah Short (Producers)
This professional development resource, available in VHS and DVD format, comprehensively
demonstrates the research-based SIOP Model. It can be used to provide ongoing
professional development for those who teach content to English language learners,
as it showcases strategies for adapting instruction to the students' academic
and
language
needs.
Each of the SIOP Model's eight components is presented through footage from the
math, science, and social studies classrooms of six exemplary teachers at the
elementary, middle, and high school levels. The teachers elaborate on their lessons
and SIOP techniques, and teacher educators and researchers describe the theory
and research that support the model. The video serves as a companion to Using
the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction. 2002. Order
online from the CAL Store.
Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for
Sheltered Instruction
Deborah J. Short, Justine Hudec, and Jana Echevarria
This manual is designed for teacher educators and professional developers who wish to teach others to use the SIOP Model in their classrooms. The manual serves as a companion to the video, The SIOP Model: Sheltered Instruction for Academic Achievement. Organized into 11 sections, the manual offers strategies, tools, and activities for instruction in the use of the SIOP components and provides reproducible masters for presentations and workshops. 2002. Order online from the CAL Store.
SIOP Model Digest Series
This collection of over 30 ERIC digests and CREDE briefs is a valuable resource for those presenting the SIOP Model to educators. Each digest addresses an area of theory or practice related to the components of the SIOP Model, and many are recommended readings in the SIOP manual. Presenters may use the digests to launch an activity, facilitate a discussion, or review a feature of the SIOP Model. This product fits conveniently in the binder for Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction. 2004. Order online from the CAL Store.
An Insider's Guide to SIOP Coaching
This new resource is designed for district and site
coaches, staff developers, mentors, teachers and
others who know the SIOP Model and are helping
teachers implement it in their instruction. The guide
offers practical suggestions for developing productive
coaching relationships, helping teachers with effective
SIOP lesson planning, conducting observations and
providing feedback, and planning and sustaining SIOP
coaching over time. 2007. Order online from the CAL Store.
Making
Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model 3rd edition
The third edition of this widely-used publication presents the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model, a research-based and validated model of sheltered instruction. The SIOP Model allows educators to plan and implement high-quality sheltered lessons for English language learners that integrate English language and academic content instruction. Written by the researchers and developers of the Model, the book contains a comprehensive discussion of the SIOP Model's eight components, past and current research on the model, teaching scenarios, the SIOP observation protocol, and lesson plan templates. New with the third edition is a groundbreaking CD-ROM with teaching vignettes and interviews of the authors. 2007. Order online from the CAL Store.
Other Publications of Interest
The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A Tool for
Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Professional Development
This report describes the research process that led to thedevelopment
of the SIOP Model, a sheltered instruction approach in which teachers
use specific strategies to teach the content curriculum to English
language learners while promoting their English language development. Order online from the CAL Store.
How to Integrate Language and Content Instruction: A Training
Manual
This training manual helps ESL and content teachers integrate language
learning and academic content in their classes. The topics addressed
include instructional techniques and strategies, guidelines for adapting
materials for integrated lessons, model lessons, assessment, implementation
options, and staff development plans. Order online from the CAL Store.
Integrating Language and Content in Secondary School: Instructional
Strategies and Thematic Units
ESL and content area teachers collaborated to develop the lesson plans,
instructional strategies, and thematic units in this resource to make
high school academic material accessible to students learning English. Order online from the CAL Store.
Communicative Math and Science Teaching
This video will help math and science teachers increase communication
and interaction with culturally and linguistically diverse learners
in their classes. The video features students and their teachers at
work in learning situations that emphasize peer tutoring, cooperative
learning, problem solving, competition and games, and use of math
and science language. Order online from the CAL Store.
Profile of Effective Teaching in a Multilingual Classroom
This video showcases effective strategies for teaching content to
ELLs in middle school. Order online from the CAL Store.
Related Resources
CAL Classics
CAL has a limited supply of the following titles. Read more at the CAL Store.
The Pre-Algebra Lexicon
Protest and the American Revolution
Conflicts in World Cultures
Integrating Language and Culture in the Social Studies Teacher Training Packet
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