Sheltered Instruction

Sheltered Instruction is “an approach used in multilinguistic content classrooms to provide language support to students while they are learning academic subjects, rather than being expected to ‘sink or swim’ in a content class designed for native English speakers” (Diaz-Rico & Weed, 2010, p. 109).  Sheltered English is often called Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).




This clip presents a brief overview of the SIOP model of sheltered instruction.  It's a great starting point for teachers new to SDAIE.