Blog Week 2- SIOP Model
The SIOP model is an approach for teachers in integrate content and language instruction for students learning through a new language (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short, 2017). According to this video, the SIOP model has been proven to work for all students, not just English Language Learners. In my personal experience, any approach that is used to assist ELLs, can be beneficial to all the students. This is because when you are working with ELL children, you are extra aware of showing the content to the students in multiple ways. This is tapping into the Universal Design of Learning (UDL). Providing content in multiple ways for students to learn is helpful to all students because you may use multimedia, such as videos or certain apps and photos. This helps all children visualize the content that is being learned. I think the SIOP model has been so effective because of how it suggests differentiation across all eight components of the model (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short, 2017). Includi...