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Deborah Short - MaryEllen Vogt - Jana Echevarria
The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners
Based on the best-selling resource Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short, K-12 science teachers, coaches, and intervention specialists now have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom.
In The SIOP® Model for Teaching Science to English Learners SIOP® techniques, activities, sample lessons and complete units based on NSTA standards guide educators in promoting academic language and development along with comprehensible science content. To learn about other SIOP® Model resources available, see the inside front cover.
Overwhelming Response from Reviewers!
"The science techniques and activities are gems. Teachers will benefit greatly from each of the examples presented; especially since they are categorized by SIOP component...I can't wait to share these strategies with my teachers."
-Judith B. O'Loughlin, Professor, New Jersey City University
"he book has many points to think about and alot of useful information with which to improve lesson planning...This book would help science teachers to see how they can use the SIOP Model to successfully help their ELL students."
- Emily Morgan, Language Arts Teacher, Fairmont Junior High, Boise, Idaho
"While the SIOP Model for [Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners] is extremely helpful, having these methods illustrated in each content area is even more helpful and effective for teachers."
- Margaret McGowan, ESL Teacher, Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Take a Glimpse Inside
- Presents a systematic process for teaching both science academic content language to English learners.
- Offers ideas and activities for grade-bands K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12.
- Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP ® Model in a science classroom.
- Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units based on NSTA standards that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for all students, not just English learners.
Review
"I think this would be a good book for teachers just beginning to use the SIOP Model as well as for veteran teachers. The book has many points to think about and alot of useful information with which to improve lesson planning...This book would help science teachers to see how they can use the SIOP Model to successfully help their ELL students."
- Emily Morgan, Language Arts Teacher, Fairmont Junior High, Boise, Idaho
"While the SIOP Model for [Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners] is extremely helpful, having these methods illustrated in each content area is even more helpful and effective for teachers."
- Margaret McGowan, ESL Teacher, Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
"The science techniques and activities are gems. Teachers will benefit greatly from each of the examples presented; especially since they are categorized by SIOP component...I can't wait to share these strategies with my teachers."
- Judith B. O'Loughlin, Professor, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey
Synopsis
Enhance your Science content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and science skills of your English learners.
Based on the best-selling resource,
Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom. This highly anticipated book,
The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching science to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible scientific content.
Written for SIOP teachers and those who have learned the SIOP Model, this book includes proven, effective science lessons and comprehensive units. In addition, this book provides ideas to adapt the techniques for students at different levels of English proficiency. This book is sure to become an indispensable resource for science educators of English learners.
- Presents a systematic process for teaching both the
academic content of science and its associated academic language to English learners.
- Offers ideas and activities about teaching science and organizes activities by grade-bands--K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12 and SIOP components.
- Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing
the eight components of the SIOP Model in a science classroom.
- Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, not just English learners.
- Create the ideal SIOP classroom with other resources from the
SIOP Model Series 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model;
Implementing the SIOP Model through Effective Coaching and Professional Development; The SIOP Model for Administrators; Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners; and Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Math to English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Social Studies to English Learners; and
The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners (all published by Pearson)
Synopsis
Enhance your Science content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and science skills of your English learners.
KEY TOPICS Presents research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom. This highly anticipated book,
The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching science to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible scientific content.
MARKET: K-12 teachers, science teachers, curriculum coordinators, and intervention specialists.
Synopsis
Enhance your Science content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and science skills of your English learners.
Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom. This highly anticipated book, The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching science to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible scientific content.
Written for SIOP teachers and those who have learned the SIOP Model, this book includes proven, effective science lessons and comprehensive units. In addition, this book provides ideas to adapt the techniques for students at different levels of English proficiency. This book is sure to become an indispensable resource for science educators of English learners.
· Presents a systematic process for teaching both the academic content of science and its associated academic language to English learners.
· Offers ideas and activities about teaching science and organizes activities by grade-bands—K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12 and SIOP components.
· Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP Model in a science classroom.
· Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, not just English learners.
· Create the ideal SIOP classroom with other resources from the SIOP Model Series: 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model; Implementing the SIOP Model through Effective Coaching and Professional Development; The SIOP Model for Administrators; Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners; and Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Math to English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Social Studies to English Learners; and The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners (all published by Pearson)
About the Author
Deborah J. Short, Ph. D. is a professional development consultant and a senior research associate at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. She co-developed the SIOP Model for sheltered instruction and has directed national research studies on English language learners funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. She chaired an expert panel on adolescent ELL literacy and co-wrote a policy report. As the director of American Language Research and Training, Dr. Short provides professional development on sheltered instruction and academic literacy around the United States and abroad. She has numerous publications, including the SIOP Series and five ESL textbook series for Hampton-Brown. Dr. Short has taught English as a second/foreign language in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
MaryEllen Vogt, Ed.D. is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Vogt has been a classroom teacher, reading and special education specialist, district reading resource teacher, and university teacher educator. She received her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. A co-author of fourteen books, including the SIOP Series and Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World (2007), Dr. Vogt has provided professional development in all fifty United States, and in eight other countries. She served as President of the International Reading Association in 2004-2005.
Jana Echevarria, Ph.D., Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach, has taught in special education, English as a Second Language and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan and Mexico where she taught ESL and second language acquisition courses at the university level, as well as in Spain where she conducted research on instructional programs for immigrant students. She is an internationally known expert on second language learners and her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. Selected publications include the books, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model and Sheltered Content Instruction:
Teaching Students With Diverse Abilities, both published by Allyn & Bacon. The SIOP Model of instruction is used widely in all 50 states and a number of countries. Currently, she is a Fulbright Specialist and is Co-Principal Investigator with the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. In 2005, Dr.
Echevarria was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF FEATURES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE SIOP MODEL
Key Components of the SIOP Model
Lesson Preparation
Building Background
Comprehensible Input
Strategies
Interaction
Practice & Application
Lesson Delivery
Review & Assessment
Why Is the SIOP Needed Now?
Organization and Purpose of This Book
In Summary
CHAPTER 2: THE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
What is Academic Language?
How Does Academic Language Fit Into the SIOP Model?
How Is Academic Language Manifested in Classroom Discourse?
Why Do English Learners Have Difficulty with Academic Language?
How Can We Effectively Teach Academic Language?
The Role of Discussion and Conversation in Developing Academic Language
What is the Academic Language of Science?
In Summary
CHAPTER 3: ACTIVITIES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PLANNING SIOP SCIENCE LESSONS (BY HOPE AUSTIN-PHILLIPS, AMY DITTON, AND DEBORAH SHORT)
Mr. Etherton’s Vignette
Introduction
Science Techniques and Activities
Lesson Preparation
Alternate materials
Enlarged/Adapted Text
Building Background
Magic Curtain of Science
Oh Yesterday!
Quickwrite
Signal Words
4-Corners Vocabulary
Vocabulary Key Rings
Comprehensible Input
Procedures with Graphics
Framed Outlines
Move It!
Strategies
SQP2RS (Squeepers)
Stop and Think
Insert Method
T-chart
Interaction
You Are There
Milling to Music
Practice & Application
Great Performances
Musical Flash Cards
Red Light/Green Light
Lesson Delivery
Nine Squares
Stop That Video
Review & Assessment
Web of Information
Snowball!
Pass the Note Card
Simultaneous Round Table
Science Lesson Plans
In Summary
Revisiting Mr. Etherton
CHAPTER 4: LESSON AND UNIT DESIGN FOR SIOP SCIENCE LESSONS (BY AMY DITTON AND HOPE AUSTIN-PHILLIPS)
Mrs. Allen’s Vignette
Introduction
Objects in the Universe
Unit Overview, Grades K-2
Day Lesson Design
K-2 Unit
Newton’s First Law of Motion
Unit Overview, Grades 3-5
Day Lesson Design
3-5 Unit
Science Rocks!
Unit Overview, Grades 6-8
Day Lesson Design
6-8 Unit
Cells
Unit Overview, Grades 9-12
Day Lesson Design
9-12 Unit
In Summary
Revisiting Mrs. Allen
CHAPTER 5: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
What We Have Learned
What Our SIOP Science Contributors Have Learned
Thoughts From the Contributors to the Other SIOP Content Books
Final Thoughts
APPENDIX A: COMPONENTS AND FEATURES OF THE SIOP MODEL
APPENDIX B: EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE IN SCIENCE STANDARDS (K-2, 3-5, 5-8, 9-12)
REFERENCES
INDEX