SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners, The (SIOP Series) - Softcover

Deborah, Short; MaryEllen, Vogt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205627595 ISBN 13: 9780205627592

Verlag: Allyn & Bacon, 2010

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Enhance your Science content instruction with the SIOP Model and transform the academic English and science skills of your English learners.

Based on the best-selling resource, Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short; teachers, coaches, and intervention teachers have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom. This highly anticipated book, The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners addresses the issues faced in teaching science to English learners (ELs) at each grade-level. SIOP techniques and activities organized around the eight SIOP components guide educators in promoting academic language development along with comprehensible scientific content.

Written for SIOP teachers and those who have learned the SIOP Model, this book includes proven, effective science lessons and comprehensive units. In addition, this book provides ideas to adapt the techniques for students at different levels of English proficiency. This book is sure to become an indispensable resource for science educators of English learners.

· Presents a systematic process for teaching both the academic content of science and its associated academic language to English learners.

· Offers ideas and activities about teaching science and organizes activities by grade-bands―K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12 and SIOP components.

· Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP Model in a science classroom.

· Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, not just English learners.

· Create the ideal SIOP classroom with other resources from the SIOP Model Series: 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model; Implementing the SIOP Model through Effective Coaching and Professional Development; The SIOP Model for Administrators; Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners; and Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Math to English Learners; The SIOP Model for Teaching Social Studies to English Learners; and The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners (all published by Pearson)

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Deborah J. Short is a professional development consultant and a senior research associate at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC. She co-developed the SIOP® Model for sheltered instruction and has directed national research studies on English language learn-ers funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Dept. of Education. She recently chaired an expert panel on adolescent ELL literacy. As the director of Academic Language Research & Training, Dr. Short provides professional development on sheltered instruction and academic literacy around the U.S. and abroad. She has numerous publications, including the SIOP® book series and five ESL textbook series for National Geographic/Hampton-Brown. She has taught English as a second/foreign language in New York, California, Virginia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jana Echevarría is a Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach. She has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools in general education, special education, ESL, and bilingual programs. She has lived in Taiwan, Spain and Mexico. An internationally known expert on second language learners, Dr. Echevarría is a Fulbright Specialist. Her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners, including those with learning disabilities. Currently, she is Co-Principal Investigator with the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES). In 2005, Dr. Echevarría was selected as Outstanding Professor at CSULB.

MaryEllen Vogt, Ed.D., is Professor Emerita of Education at California State University, Long Beach. MaryEllen has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, special education specialist, curriculum coordinator, and university teacher educator. She received her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a co-author of fifteen books, including Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World (3rd ed., 2011) and the SIOP® book series. Her research interests include improving comprehension in the content areas, teacher change and development, and content literacy and language acquisition for English learners. She was inducted into the California Reading Hall of Fame, received her university’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and served as President of the International Reading Association in 2004–2005.

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The SIOP Model for Teaching Science to English Learners

 

 

Based on the best-selling resource Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model by acclaimed authors Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short, K-12 science teachers, coaches, and intervention specialists now have access to research-based, SIOP-tested techniques for lessons specifically for the science classroom.

 

In The SIOP® Model for Teaching Science to English Learners SIOP® techniques, activities, sample lessons and complete units based on NSTA standards guide educators in promoting academic language and development along with comprehensible science content. To learn about other SIOP® Model resources available, see the inside front cover.

 

 

Overwhelming Response from Reviewers! 

 "The science techniques and activities are gems. Teachers will benefit greatly from each of the examples presented; especially since they are categorized by SIOP component...I can't wait to share these strategies with my teachers."

-Judith B. O'Loughlin, Professor, New Jersey City University

 

"he book has many points to think about and alot of useful information with which to improve lesson planning...This book would help science teachers to see how they can use the SIOP Model to successfully help their ELL students."

-Emily Morgan, Language Arts Teacher, Fairmont Junior High, Boise, Idaho

 

"While the SIOP Model for [Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners] is extremely helpful, having these methods illustrated in each content area is even more helpful and effective for teachers."

-Margaret McGowan, ESL Teacher, Egg Harbor Township High School, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 

  

 

Take a Glimpse Inside

• Presents a systematic process for teaching both science academic content language to English learners.
• Offers ideas and activities for grade-bands K-2, 3-5 (or 6), 6-8, and 9-12.
• Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP^® Model in a science classroom.
• Includes lesson plans and comprehensive units based on NSTA standards that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for all students, not just English learners.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Allyn & Bacon
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0205627595
• ISBN 13: 9780205627592
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Pearson; https://in.pearson.com/; ; via Lombardia 4; Arluno; Milano; 20004; Italien