Teaching English Language Learners

Which of the following is NOT one of the four integral language skills that all ELLs should practice?

• reading

• spelling

• listening

• writing

Language Objectives are described as "what students need to learn about English in order to:" (SIOP Feature 2)

• learn, express, practice and apply new information

• demonstrate knowledge

• perform academic tasks

• all of the above

When planning a lesson around content concepts, teachers should consider the following... (SIOP Feature 3)

• the students' first language literacy

• their English language proficiency

• the students' schooling and background information

• all of the above

Which is not one of the three types of scaffolding for ELLs? (SIOP Feature 14)

• Verbal Scaffolding

• Procedural Scaffolding

• Answer Scaffolding

• Instructional Scaffolding

In US Classrooms, the average length of wait time is NOT clearly sufficient. (SIOP Feature 18)

• True

• False

Students should be engaged in approximately _____________% of the Period. (SIOP Feature 25)

• 60-70%

• 70-80%

• 80-90%

• 90-100%