Ideas and Activities to Differentiate Instruction through

Review and Assessment

Learning Targets: Content Targets:

Select techniques for reviewing key content concepts. Incorporate a variety of assessment techniques into lessons. Describe the challenges in assessing the content learning of

students with limited English proficiency. Language Targets

Write a lesson plan that includes review of key vocabulary. Teach a lesson with group response techniques. Orally provide feedback to ELs that enhances language

development. Use oral, written, and physical means to provide specific

feedback to students on their performance.

Effective Teaching Cycle for English Learners

Develop Lesson Using Assessment,

Standards, and SIOP Model

Teach Lesson

Assess Student Comprehension and

Student work

Review Key Concepts And Vocabulary

Make Adjustments to Improve Student Comprehension

Reteach

SIOP Feature 27Comprehensive Review of Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary Review -- Do this: Do:

Provide multiple exposures to new terminology to build familiarity, confidence and proficiency.

Paraphrase – it provides and effective scaffold , especially after words and phrases have been previously defined and discussed in context.

Do use pictures and nonprint (gestures, role-play, Pictionary, charades.)

Help students become more familiar with academic language through introducing and modeling academic tasks.

Have students create personal Word Study Books

Vocabulary Review -- Don’t do this:

Don’t: give the “dreaded word list” on which students

must write (or copy) dictionary definitions!!!

Research is very clear – isolated word lists and dictionary definitions alone do not promote vocabulary and language development.

just orally introduce and define vocabulary – students will not remember!!

SIOP Feature 28Comprehensive Review of Key

Content Concepts

Wrap up Techniques I wonder… I discovered… I still want to know… I learned… I still don’t understand… I still have a question about… I will ask a friend about…

SIOP Feature 29Regular Feedback Provided to

Students on Their Output

SIOP Feature 30Assessment of Student Comprehension

and Learning all Lesson Objectives throughout the lesson.

Ticket OutHow are you going

to change review and

assessment in your

classroom ?