Sheltered Content and SIOP Model Bundle (2nd Edition)

This two-book set provides even more application for the SIOP model and invaluable background resources for your diverse classroom. Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners provides the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model, which provides school administrators, staff developers and teachers with a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction. Making Content Comprehensible presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high-quality sheltered lesson that teaches content material to English learners. Each of the 30 items from the SIOP model are illustrated through vignettes. Three different lessons for each item are rated and discussed, allowing the book to be applied to a variety of content areas and grade levels. Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English-Language Learners with Diverse Abilities, Second Edition is filled with practical methods that demonstrate how to implement sheltered content instruction with a full range of learners. This book provides important overlap between and discussion of sheltered instruction and special education adaptations. Specific examples of classroom scenarios are depicted. Web site resources are listed, making instructional planning and adaptations easier than ever for teachers. The book also focuses on the importance of ongoing professional development and ways to provide it.