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SIOP Central
SIOP for ELLs
SIOP PDF file
SIOP Overview
SIOP in Middle School
Science instruction for ELs
The effects of SIOP on ELLs
SIOP lesson plan outline
Secondary sheltered curriculum
for students acquiring English as a
Second Language

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SIOP Protocol

PREPARATION
CONTENT OBJECTIVES
Common problem areas in writing objectives
Writing good work objectives - business but
still good info
Why write objectives?
Research brief #1
SIOP sample lesson plans

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES
SIOP sample lesson plans
Writing language objectives
Language learning objectives do make a
difference

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
GO spanish/english
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GO makers
GO spanish/english
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GO - we have membership
GO - scholastic
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Rubrics and GO
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GO - kidspiration & inspiration
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GO-content areas
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GO - reading comprehension

VISUALS
Google Images
Ditto
Flickr
United Streaming-we have membership
Visuals unlimited
Where to find free images and visuals
Animation Factory - fee
ESL free clipart
Pictures from Life Magazine

GRAPHS
A daily list of math graph and yes/no
questions
Math 3-5 - good website
Using Microsoft Excel for all grades
ABC's to Excel

ADAPTATION of CONTENT
Guidelines for adapting text
Adapted texts in EL classrooms

BUILDING BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE
Text to self connections
Making connections
Text to text connections
Guided comprehension
Reading with meaning
Concepts and vocabulary
Vocabulary
General principals for teaching ELLs
SIOP examples

STRATEGIES
Effective learning strategies
Study guides and strategies
Learning styles can become learning
strategies
Teaching and learning strategies
Scaffolding
Using scaffolded instruction to optimize
student learning
Effective instructional strategies
Effective teaching
Bloom's Taxonomy
Strategies and resources for mainstream
teachers of ELLs

INTERACTION
Cooperative learning
Cooperative learning at UofM
Kagan cooperative learning
Jigsaw classroom
IASCE
Teams-Games-Tournaments
STAD
CIRC
Grouping
Wait time
Wait time
Teaching tips-wait time
SDL translation free and pay services
Casa Notes
Babelfish
Free translation
World Lingo
Google language tools

PRACTICE/APPLICATION
National library of virtual manipulatives
Language skills for ELs
Storytelling

LESSON DELIVERY
KG communication arts
KG math
1st grade communication arts
1st grade math
2nd grade communication arts
2nd grade math

REVIEW/ASSESSMENT
Curriculum based assessment (see RtI
links below)
Outcome measures
Big ideas about general outcome measures
Performance assessments
Practical ideas on alternative assessment
for ESL students
Assessment Tools
Authentic, performance based assessment
in ESL/EFL reading instruction
A portfolio assessment model for ESL
Dynamic assessment
Dynamic assessment
Dynamic assessment

On-line training for volunteers
to help ELL students

Working with Hispanic families

Free audio ebooks
Project Gutenberg
Audio books for free
Free classic audio books
LibriVox

Content specific clip art

Grades K-12

Mexico Schools embrace
Native tongues

English bites

English placement tests and resources

A reference for handling over 117
misbehaviors at school and home

Marco Polo website

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RtI resources

Ogden's Basic English

The Complete Lexical Tutor

Jim Cummins' web site

In-sites for teaching ELLs

Colorin Colorado

Setting expected gains for
NEP and LEP students

Triadic scaffolds: tools for
teaching ELLs with
computers

Listening to teachers of ELLs

I teach I learn

502 words through TPR

How to adjust your teaching
style for ELLs

Obtaining GED for ELLs

Powerpoint, word, and excel
game templates

National TESOL standards
(older version)

Bilingual books: promoting
literacy and biliteracy

A portfolio assessment for
ELLs

English as a Second
Language website

Children's ESL journal

Fostering Academic
Success for ELLs

Academic achievement for
second language minority
students

Developement of second
language writing

A model thematic unit for
ELLs

Integrated thematic unit
planning

Speed reading

Index to group activites,
games, exercises, and
intiatives

Notepad: music notation
software

Video classroom

IRA: reading online

Getsmarter

Gettech

Free movies

Telling stories: using drama
and multimedia with ELLs

Exploring English

10 tips for achieving and
maintaining your AYP

Ladder of Literacy