SEI Guided Study Group
Textbook suggestion:
Textbook suggestion:
Sheltered Content Instruction by Jana Echevarria and Anna Graves
Sheltered Content Instruction by Jana Echevarria and Anna Graves
“Sheltered Instruction involves learning new information, concepts, and skills WHILE at the same time learning a new language (English)”
“Sheltered Instruction involves learning new information, concepts, and skills WHILE at the same time learning a new language (English)”
Overview:
Overview:
Effective Programs for ELs:
Effective Programs for ELs:
- Well-defined plan of standards-based instruction
- High expectations, ongoing assessment to inform instruction
- School wide accountability for EL instruction
SEI teachers: mainstream teachers that make content area material accessible to ELs
SEI teachers: mainstream teachers that make content area material accessible to ELs
- consider students English skills
- modify delivery of instruction
- slow speech (verbal and visual)
- controlled vocabulary
- academic rigor
- grade-level content
- interactive activities
- higher level questioning