Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners

KEY TOPIC: The trusted SIOP Model is tailored to elementary classrooms in this long-awaited book from the pioneers of the SIOP!

KEY BENEFITS: After the introductory chapter's overview of issues in educating ELLs, the book looks at one component of the SIOP Model per chapter, for a full exploration of the SIOP in elementary school. Each chapter provides the research foundation for the component and gives explicit guidance on how to implement it. In addition, each chapter has three teacher vignettes that illustrate varying degrees of implementation of the SIOP Model.  With special attention to struggling readers and the most up-to-date research, this book gives elementary educators the targeted SIOP techniques they need.

MARKET: Elementary school teachers and other educators, including literacy coaches, reading specialists, and staff development coordinators.