Summary: Using SEI Strategies In A SIOP Lesson Plan

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Using SEI Strategies in a SIOP Lesson Plan Fawn L. Stevens Grand Canyon University: ESL 533N February 17, 2014 The class is learning about Native Americans. I am working with their science, language arts and math teachers. All the other teachers are also discussing Native Americans in their classes. Today's lesson is about the Navajo Indians. The students will be conducting research in a small group setting on some basic facts about the Navajo Indians and presenting their findings to the class when they are done. I will be utilizing a KWL chart and a graphic organizer in the lesson for students to structure their learning and to add any background knowledge they may have on Navajo Indians. The lesson begins with starting a KWL…show more content…
I have the students get into their groups and hand each group a topic- food, dress, traditions, religion, or trade. I have each topic on an index card and have the groups pick a card to get their topic. I instruct the students to search online and find three facts for their topic. I hand out the Navajo Culture handout for them to fill out as they conduct their research. This handout has one column for the Navajo Indian's culture and one column for the students' culture. It also has three boxes under each column for them to fill in their facts. For example, if their topic is food, they would research three types of food the Navajo ate on one side and on the other side, three foods that they eat. As the students work, I circulate the classroom to make sure that the groups are working together and understand the assignment. I check for understanding and try to engage my ELL students to actively participate in the lesson. When they are done, I then ask each group to share their fact sheets and for the rest of the class to fill out the Navajo Culture handout on the board from what they learn from their classmates. When each group has presented their fact sheets, I instruct the students to fill out the other part of the Culture handout with their own culture. We then put those answers on the board. I instruct the students to put away their worksheets until tomorrow and project cloze sentences with the new vocabulary. The sentences

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