Understanding and

Diversity in The SIOP Model Respecting Cultural Diversity

the Classroom The Sheltered instruction observation protocol is a

Todays teachers are responsible
for effectively understanding and
teaching cultural diversity in their
classroom.
-Understanding and respecting Cultural
Diversity
-The Culturally Responsive Classroom
-Examples of Culturally responsive teaching
-The English Language Learner
- SIOP Model
resource used by ELL teachers that provides a
comprehensive instructional framework that can be
used in several ways to shelter instruction for English
Learners (Vacca & Vacca p. 80).
It helps teachers create an inclusive lesson plan and
create instruction that will reach ELL students. The
model includes three stages.
- The Preparation stages allows teachers to
make the lesson plan more culturally inclusive
and meaningful.
- norms are not respected.
- The second stage is the Instruction Stage. This
is where the student implements the lesson.
They will build a background, use language that
is comprehensible, provide strategies for
understanding, create an environment where
ELL and native speakers interact, apply the
curriculum to real life applications, and
delivering the lesson in a timely, goal oriented
manner.
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- The third stage is the final stage where the
teacher reviews and assess the students
understanding of the lesson.
Culture is defined as, the shared beliefs,
values, and rule-governed patterns of
behavior that define a group and are
required for group membership (Vacca &
Vacca p.60). It is important to incorporate
cultural diversity in every classroom so
students can better understand the world
around them. Vacca & Vacca explain that
language and culture are inextricably
connected. There are cultural norms that
and social rules that are connected to
language and these lines of communications
can be broken if the teacher and students
Teachers much respect their students
personal experiences by allowing students
to express their beliefs and ideas. Teachers
must also pull from their personal
experiences and embrace their own
diversity and act as a role-model. To keep
the flow of communication and mutual
respect, both the student and teacher
should have a willingness to understand
different cultures and how they contrast
from their own.
 The Culturally Responsive Examples The English Language
Classroom of culturally responsive teaching Learner
Every student learns differently and
- Include culturally diverse music into
cultural plays an important role.
Instruction should invoke understanding
curriculum. Students can identify
and cultural acceptance. different rhythms or instruments that
are used in more that one part of the
world
- Theater and actors can help explain
how culture is relayed to the masses
- Costumes or crafts that are culturally
English language learners are students
identifiable can help students who have learned another language
distinguish differences before speaking English. English
Seven characteristics of culturally - Have students research an artist or becomes their non-native language
responsive teaching author to gain a better understand of while learning in U.S. Schools. It is
the cultural influences that affected important to keep in mind that ELL
1. High Expectations their work. students have a language barrier as
Age / Ability appropriate assignments and
- Create community involvement by opposed to a c ognitive barrier. These
instruction
exposing them to jobs / occupations students are more than capable to learn
2. Positive relationship with families and community the same content as native speakers.
- Creating connections and supporting the local that are present in their community.
Bilingual and ELL programs exist in the
community. - Invite people who apply math or
3. Cultural Sensitivity U.S. These programs are dependant on
- Reshape curriculum to better fit the cultural
science to their job to visit the the number of ELL enrolled in a school
values and background of the students. classroom. This will show the students district. The programs main cause is to
4. Active teaching methods
- Involve students in behaviors that promote
the importance of the curriculum. create literacy in english and also in the
literacy. (reading, listening, speaking, writing) core curriculum appropriate for the
5. Teach as a Facilitator
students ability.
- create small group sessions and scaffold
students to mastery. ELLs are faced with triple the amount of
6. Student led lessons work as traditional students. They must
- Group activities and conversations among
gain content literacy, language literacy
students.
7. Create group or paired tasks and american cultural norms.
- smaller group exercises create less anxiety for Incorporating ELL textbooks will help
students.
ELL students to understand all three of
these aspects.