SIOP: Chapter 8 Lesson Delivery SIOP Features 23-26
SIOP: Chapter 8Lesson Delivery
SIOP Features 23-26
Lesson Delivery: Chapter 8
Provides lesson delivery strategies to help teachers stay on track. Lesson Delivery parallels SIOP Chapter 2: (Lesson Preparation). Provide CONTENT and LANGUAGE objectives, making sure they are clearly stated and supported by the lesson.Deliver the lesson such that it encourages and maximizes student engagement.Develop a lesson that is well-paced and student level appropriate.
SIOP Features 23-26
Feature 23:CONTENT Objectives are Clearly Supported by Lesson Delivery. Objectives should be stated orally and displayed.Written objectives allow students know the direction of the lesson and helps them to stay on task. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of…
Content Objectives: What you are going to know at the end
SIOP Feature 23
Feature 23:Provide Written and Oral Objectives (Learning Goals per Marzano)Helps provide focus and structure to the lesson.A tool to provide direction to the lesson.Helps students stay on task. Content Objectives (Learning Goals) should be referred to as the lesson progresses. Objectives should be clearly stated, student-friendly, and level appropriate (not a framework number).
SIOP Feature 23
Feature 24: LANGUAGE Objectives Clearly
Supported by Lesson Delivery Can be related to an ESL Standard.
Language Objectives: How you are going to show me you know the content.
SIOP Feature 24
Feature 24:Provide Oral and Written LANGUAGE Objectives (Marzano).Helps provide focus and structure to the lesson.A tool to provide direction to the lesson.Helps students stay on task. Language Objectives (Learning Goals) should be referred to as the lesson progresses. Objectives should be clearly stated, student-friendly, and level appropriate (not a framework number).
SIOP Feature 24
Comprehension Checks: Intermittent comprehension checks
for Content and Language components should be conducted throughout the lesson to gauge student grasp of the material. (Marzano Scale).
True comprehension status should be confirmed through monitoring.
SIOP Feature 24
Feature 25: Student Engagement
Students should be engaged approximately 90% to 100% of the time; paying attention and on-task.
Less than 50% engagement is deemed unacceptable.
SIOP Feature 25
Enhancing Student Engagement
Think-Pair-ShareEveryone individually answers a posted question, tells a classmate, then selected individuals share answers. (Involves everyone…not just the called-on student).
Chunk & ChewPause at 10-minute intervals to reflect on and discuss lesson. (Opportunity to refer to Goal and Scale).
SIOP Feature 25
There are three aspects of
student engagement that should be considered.
1. Allocated time
2. Engaged Time 3. Academic Learning Time
SIOP Feature 25
Allocated Time Allocated time reflects the decisions
teachers make regarding the amount of time to spend studying a topic or doing a particular academic task or lesson.
SIOP Feature 25
Engaged Time Engaged time refers to the percentage
of allocated time students are actively participating in instruction during the lesson. (Actual time-on-task).
The engaged time-on-task research has consistently concluded that the more actively students participate in the instructional process, the more they achieve.
SIOP Feature 25
Academic Learning Time
Academic Learning Time focuses on students’ time-on-task, when the task is related to the materials they will be tested on.
Creative, fun activities are only effective if they are directly related to the Content and Language objectives of the lesson.
SIOP Feature 25
Feature 26: Pacing of the Lesson Appropriate to
Students’ Ability Levels
SIOP Feature 26
Pacing Rate at which information is presented
during lesson Pace depends on content and level of
students’ background knowledge Routines can help with pacing
Collecting Homework/distributing materials often take up valuable instructional time
Maximize your time, every minute counts!
SIOP Feature 26
Pacing Appropriate pace is critical for ELLs A suitable pace for native speakers may
render information meaningless to beginning English speakers.
In order to accommodate ELLs, instructors must adjust pace of lesson.
SIOP Feature 26
A skillful SIOP teacher is able to monitor and adjust pacing during a lesson.
Students’ disengagement may be due to material that is presented too quickly (or too slowly) and/or lack of focus for the lesson.
SIOP Feature 26
What should lesson delivery look like in the classroom?
Content and language objectives clearly supported by lessons
Students must understand the expectations of the lesson
Students engaged 90% - 100% of the time Pacing of the lesson is appropriate to
students’ ability level
SIOP Features 23-26
What should lesson delivery look like in the classroom?
Have objectives in writing Read aloud the content and language
objectives Encourage small groups Vary your activities Use class time to the fullest Give multiple opportunities for students to
meet objectives
SIOP Features 23-26
Why does lesson delivery matter?
Mastery of content and language objectives by all students, including English Language Learners, is the intended goal of a well-designed SIOP lesson.
If both teachers and students stay focused on the objectives throughout a lesson, the objectives are more likely to be met.
SIOP Features 23-26
SUMMARY:
“…effective SIOP® teachers need to plan to use the entire class period efficiently, teach in ways that engage students, and make sure students are engaged in activities that specifically relate to the material on which they will be assessed.
SIOP Features 23-26