Two Key Features:

• Content and language objectives clearly posted and reviewed.

• Meaningful activities that integrate all language skills.

Example:

Stating objectives and using transition word(s) before starting the lesson.

Two Key Features:

• Links concepts to students’ backgrounds and prior learning.

• Teaches key vocabulary explicitly.

Example:

Before starting a read-aloud, ask students questions about the topic to see what they already know, and then connect their responses to what they’re about to learn.

Two Key Features:

• Uses visuals, gestures, and modeling.

• Teachers should speak at a moderate pace that matches students’ language proficiency.

Example:

Using exaggerated hand gestures, visuals, and steady speech when teaching a lesson.

Two Key Features:

• Promotes higher-order thinking skills.

• Clearly teaches students how to think about and understand their own learning.

  
  

Example:

Teaching students how to use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two ideas or concepts.

Two Key Features:

• Frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion.

• Discussion involve the content that is being learned in a natural and stress-free environment.

Example:

Students work in small groups to discuss and solve a math word problem together.

Two Key Features:

• Activities that integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

• Use of manipulatives and real-world materials.

Example:

Students perform a small play to summarize a history event.

Two Key Features:

• Lessons support stated objectives.

• High student engagement and pacing appropriate to learners.

Example:

Teacher checks understanding during a lesson using quick polls and mini whiteboards.

Two Key Features:

• Reviews key vocabulary and concepts regularly.

• Uses informal and formal assessments.

Example:

Using exit tickets to check students current understanding of a new topic.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and explain the eight components of the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model and their interconnected features through the creation of this comprehensive concept map.