Sheltered instruction is the practice of simultaneously:
- teaching content
- and cultivating language development.
One framework that teachers can use to design sheltered instruction lessons is the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) created by Short, Vogt, and Echevarria more than 20 years ago. The SIOP Model is empirically-tested and research-based, which is why it’s used readily all over the world.
Though the SIOP model is not a step-by-step process, it provides a framework for teaching content and language instruction. But here is a link if you’re looking for an official SIOP-created lesson planning template.
In Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (5th Edition) (SIOP Series), Echevarria, Vogt, and Short recommend that teachers design lessons that teach content and language simultaneously.
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