99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model The Perfect Companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model!!! This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas for SIOP® teachers. All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement proven to be so necessary for English language acquisition and content development. This book is surely to become an indispensable resource for teachers of English learners. with 99echevarriaideasshortsiopvogt
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Anatomy and Physiology for English Language Learners : Judy M. Penn and Elizabeth Hanson:Focusing on a particular organ system, each chapter includes a high-interest opening vignette, extensive illustrations, level-appropriate readings, comprehension checks, vocabulary development and practice, and a section on high-frequency verbs used in scientific contexts. A comprehensive workbook-type review at the end of each chapter includes test items from actual anatomy and physiology texts. with anatomyelizabethhansonjudypennphysiology
Concept-mapping-Article Concept Mapping qs A Means for Binding Knowledge to Effective Content-area Instruction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective1,2 Michael R. Vitale, East Carolina University Nancy R. Romance, Florida Atlantic University 1 Paper Presented at the Second International Conference on Concept Mapping, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 5-8, 2006. 2 This research was supported by the National Science Foundation,Project Number 0228353 with conceptmappingmichaelnancyromancevitale
Differentiated Instruction Using Technology: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers Like Amy Benjamin’s other books, this one is easy to read and simple to implement. It demonstrates that you can manage the complexities of differentiated instruction – and save time -- by using technology as you teach. It showcases classroom-tested activities and strategies which are easy to apply in your own classroom. Brief Contents - Tiered Tasks - Unit Menus - Constructing Learning Centers and Stations - Differentiated Instruction in Whole-Class Instruction - E-Communications - Using Databases to Make Instructional Decisions - Models with amybenjamindifferentiationtechnology