CAL SIOP Bulletin: Issue 1

December 2009

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				FAQs

				Lesson Plans

				Online Resources

				Featured Publication




Welcome to the CAL SIOP Bulletin! Our new electronic newsletter provides periodic updates about CAL SIOP including new publications, resources, and services. We hope you will enjoy future issues of CAL SIOP Bulletin. If you do not wish to receive CAL SIOP Bulletin, email us and request to unsubscribe. We respect your privacy and do not sell or share your personal information. View our Privacy Policy.

Frequently Asked Questions

An important recent addition to our CAL SIOP Web site is our new page with frequently asked questions. To learn more about SIOP, view the section on the SIOP Model and its implementation. Or, if you are already familiar with SIOP and are interested in finding out more about establishing a SIOP collaboration with CAL, check out the section with questions on the products and services we offer.

New SIOP Lesson Plans Posted for Educators

Strategic planning and delivery of every lesson to meet the needs of ELLs lie at the core of the SIOP Model. More specifically, combining content and language objectives and including them into a meaningful instructional sequence that addresses all SIOP components play a crucial role in the success of SIOP implementation. To provide you with more examples of how that can be done, we added two new lesson plans to our resources. We’ve made two new lesson plans available on our Web site:

• 5th Grade Math – Practical Applications of Fractions, Percents, and Decimals

• 8th Grade Language Arts – Analyzing TV Commercials

Free Online Resources

The following free resources are available from CAL for learning more about the SIOP Model and its implementation.

Integrated Content and Language Instruction
Integrating content and language instruction is key for successful implementation of the SIOP model. To learn more about this topic, check out the recent CAL digest by CAL SIOP facilitator Ari Sherris. The digest provides a theoretical basis for integrating content and language instruction, and offers tips on how to plan clear content and language outcomes for a lesson, provide effective interaction opportunities, promote all four language skills, and effectively review and assess students’ progress.

Read or download the free digest.

Using the SIOP Model to Improve Instruction
CREATE (The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners) recently published a brief highlighting the use of SIOP features in science class. The brief provides information about how teachers can develop content and language objectives, emphasize key vocabulary, promote interaction, and incorporate effective review and assessment techniques. Using specific examples from a middle school science lesson, the authors offer practical suggestions for implementing the SIOP Model and improving English language learner achievement across content areas.

Read or download the free brief.

Featured Publication: SIOP Professional Development Manual

Looking for a resource for training teachers on the SIOP Model? Check out CAL’s professional development manual, Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction. Co-authored by CAL’s Deborah Short, 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 offers strategies, tools, and activities for instruction as well as reproducible masters you can use in your own presentations and workshops.

Order the professional development manual online.
Find out more about the manual and other CAL SIOP publications.