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      • SIOP Feature 1 Write content objectives clearly for students
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      • SIOP Feature 7 Explicitly link concepts to students backgrounds and experiences
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      • SIOP Feature 10 Use Appropriate Speech for Students Proficiency Level
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      • SIOP Feature 13 Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies
      • SIOP Feature 14 Use scaffolding techniques consistently throughout lesson
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      • SIOP Feature 16 Provide frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion
      • SIOP Feature 17 Use Group Configurations that support language and content objectives
      • SIOP Feature 18 Provide sufficient wait time
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      • SIOP Feature 20 Provide hands-on materials and/or manipulatives for students to practice using new content knowledge
      • SIOP Feature 21 Provide activities for students to apply content and language
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      • SIOP Feature 25 Engage Students 90-100% of the Time
      • SIOP Feature 26 Pace the Lesson Appropriately to the Students Ability Level
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      • SIOP Feature 27 ​Give a comprehensive review of key vocabulary
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SIOP Feature #13:  Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies.

This feature of SIOP, using strategies, encourages teachers to actively teach students how to use specific learning strategies such as:  Problem solving, predicting, organizing, summarizing, categorizing, evaluating, self-monitoring, etc.  This can be quite empowering for students to practice and own the ability to use these strategies on their own.

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SIOP Feature #13:  Provide ample opportunities for students to use strategies.

The 13th feature of SIOP deals with making sure students are actively developing learning strategies.  Learning strategies like predicting, self-monitoring, and summarizing are critical to learning.  As teachers, we need to make sure we are consciously providing students lessons that empower them to use these strategies.  Some students seem naturally capable of employing learning strategies successfully without ever really having been taught how.  However, most students do not have that level of confidence or competence in using learning strategies.

How can we teach learning strategies in meaningful ways?

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There are a number of things that we can do to empower our students.  Most of them are simple.  Most take little extra effort to put into practice.  Here are five things you can do to help students own any learning strategy.

1.  Give it a name:  We have to tell students what something is called.  Giving it a name helps students interact with the strategy in a safe way.  It also helps them by giving them language to talk about it.
2.  Model it for them:  When students see teachers using a strategy, it becomes much more accessible to them.  We can use think alouds (sharing our inner thought process) to enhance this process, showing our students how we think through the strategy.
3.  Use it frequently:  Teachers who constantly use strategies (no surprise) find their students do too.  Teachers who use strategies every once in a while find most of their students don't use these strategies on their own.
4.  Create a visual:  Make some kind of poster or anchor chart that celebrates the strategy, gives students a visual, and reminds the teacher to use it.
5.  Reflect on its usage:  Inviting students to take their own pulse and talk about how well they used a learning strategy helps students internalize the strategy and helps them improve it as well.

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TESOL Trainers is the world leader in experiential professional development programs.  We transform the way educators consider teaching and learning.  Whether you are interested in short or long term teacher training programs, here are three things John Kongsvik's programs have in common:
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2.  Engaging - everyone connects to the content from the beginning to the end.
3.  Empowering - every person walks away with confidence and competence.
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