Students in Darota Haber-Lehigh's English as a Second
Language (ELS) class at Seaside High School take turns repeating in
Spanish, then English, a list of animal terms, each with its own
picture for example. Lehigh crisscrosses the same group of terms
with her students, in nearly every sentence construction
imaginable.
The visual aids and repetition are key to students building a
vocabulary before they go more in-depth into a subject, said
Lehigh.
She and almost all other teachers in Clatsop County use the
visual aids and repetition as part of the Sheltered Instruction
Observation Protocol (SIOP) teaching strategy, one piece of a
continuing effort to seamlessly integrate English instruction into
the more common curriculum.
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