Math Key Words SIOP Lesson Plan
SIOP Components & Features
I. Lesson Preparation
- Write content objectives clearly for students: SWBAT….
- Write language objectives clearly for students: SWBAT….
- Choose content concepts appropriate for age and educational background level of students.
- Identify supplementary materials to use.
- Adapt content to all levels of student proficiency.
- Plan meaningful activities that integrate lesson concepts with language practice opportunities for reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking.
- Explicitly link concepts to students’ backgrounds and experiences.
- Explicitly link past learning and new concepts.
- Emphasize key vocabulary for students.
- Use speech appropriate for students’ proficiency level.
- Explain academic tasks clearly.
- Use a variety of techniques to make content concepts clear (e.g. Modeling, visuals, hands-on activities, demonstrations, gestures, body language).
- Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies (e.g. Problem solving, predicting, organizing, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, self-monitoring).
- Use scaffolding techniques consistently throughout lesson.
- Use a variety of question types including those that promote higher-order thinking skills throughout.
- Provide frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion between teacher/students and among students about lessons concepts, and encourage elaborated responses.
- Use group configurations that support language and content objectives of the lesson.
- Provide sufficient wait time for student responses consistently.
- Give ample opportunities for students to clarify key concepts in L1 as needed with aide, peer, or text.
- Provide hands-on materials and/or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge.
- Provide activities for students to apply content and language knowledge in the classroom.
- Provide activities that integrate all language skills (i.e. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking).
- Support content objectives clearly.
- Support language objectives clearly.
- Engage students approximately 90-100% of the period.
- Pace the lesson appropriately to the students’ ability level.
- Give a comprehensive review of key vocabulary.
- Give a comprehensive review of key content concepts.
- Provide feedback to students regularly on their output (e.g. Language, content, work).
- Conduct assessments of student’s comprehension and learning throughout lesson and all lesson objectives