SIOP Interaction/Practice/

Application

Gillian Groom, Meghan Bode, Mia Carty, Emmi Freeman, Kyle Kolcharno
Objectives
Students will be able to:

● Briefly define what the “interaction”

component of the SIOP Model contains.
● Briefly define what the “practice and
application” component of the SIOP Model
contains.
● List two ways prospective teachers can
incorporate the “interaction” and “practice
and application” into their lessons.
Reminder… What’s SIOP Again?
1. Lesson Prep
2. Build Background
3. Comprehensible Input
4. Strategies
5.Interaction
6.Practice and Application
7. Lesson Delivery
8. Review and Assessment
What is “Interaction”
Interaction- “communication or direct involvement
with someone or something”
● Teacher-to-Student
● Student-to-Student

Why?
● ELL’s need opportunities to practice communication and
interact with other students within the classroom.
● Creates an active learning environment with opportunities
for teacher clarification.
“Interaction” in your Classroom
Student-to-Student Teacher-to-Student

● Cooperative Learning ● “Wait-times”

○ Groupings ● More than “yes” or
■ Group Size “no”
■ Ability
Practice
● Hands-on Practice
○ Helps with Kinesthetic learning
○ Helps with peer to peer learning
○ Give multiple opportunities for practice
● Students can put new information to use
○ Teachers can assess a student’s learning to see if
they understand
● Should occur regularly
● Ex:
○ I Do, You Do, We Do
Application
● Should be applied in a personally relevant way
○ Playing/Making Content Review Game(Jeopardy,Bingo,etc)
○ Writing through point of view of character in novel
○ Teaching concepts to another student
● Discuss and Do abstract concepts
○ Making/using graphic organizers
○ Using discussion circles
○ Doing group work, then partner work, and finally
individual work
Application (Cont.)
● Promotes social interaction
○ Promotes language development
○ Ex: Small group discussions, partner work, etc.
● Model correct English after an error
○ Instills appropriate language usage
Integration of Language
● Allows for the integration of language skills
○ Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
○ Practice in one area, helps develop the other
○ Uses different learning styles
Jeopardy!
The following is a link to the Factile Jeopardy-style game SIOP: Interaction, Practice, Application.

https://www.playfactile.com/sioplesson