Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English-Language Learners with Diverse Abilities

by Jana Echevarria, Anne Graves

This text clearly defines, "sheltered instruction," or Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE), and provides strategies for its successful implementation in the classroom. Its focus on using sheltered instruction with students of varying abilities makes it a unique tool for teachers. This text speaks specifically to instruction in the content areas, confronting the fact that students learning English might struggle in those subjects. The authors provide practical methods that demonstrate how to implement this type of instruction with a full range of learners. Focusing on the use of sheltered instruction with students of varying abilities, Echevarria and Graves address the important overlap between sheltered instruction and special education adaptations. One important function of Sheltered Content Instruction, Second Edition is to provide teachers with the support and direction needed to undertake the sheltered approach. Specific examples of sheltered content instruction and scenarios depicting classroom interaction during this type of instruction provide models for teachers and those preparing to teach.Case studies and vignettes illustrate this interaction for the reader.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 1997

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some great strategies for helping ESL students.

[Alissa Quinlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, especially for the ESL Praxis. Touches on all aspects that you'll find on the test, as well as offers a lot of examples and ideas you can use in the classroom.

[E.A.G. E.A.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good and comprehensive look into sheltered instruction with good examples!

[Scott Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Been awhile since I've updated on here...Well here's a book I'm sure you'll all want to read!
Actually I just had to read it for a class I have to take, and the book is exactly what you'd expect it to be. So I can't give it one star because it is what it is, even though I really had to force myself to read it.

[susan moore Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is more of a review, then presenting more information. It's best used with the other book that I read about shelter content. I was kind of put off by some of the errors in grammar and punctuation, it just didn't seem right that a book teaching teachers to instruct ESL learners should not have its grammar apps together. But aside from that, worth the read.

[Samra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes the wording is confusing. good for basic ELL stuff

[susan moore Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is more theory with less practically examples. Great For history and background knowledge of ELL instruction.