Three fundamental aspects of the SIPPS® program make it easy for teachers to work with English Language Learners (ELL) along with the rest of the class.

Interactive oral lessons are the norm.

• SIPPS® teachers provide consistent and understandable oral cues.
• Responding chorally gives students an opportunity to read and speak.
• Oral practice allows the teacher to provide immediate strategic feedback.

An emphasis is placed on high-frequency words.

• Sight words in the SIPPS® program are selected for their high-frequency in educational material.
• Initial stories use sentence patterns combined with high-frequency sight words.
• Subsequent stories use decodable language combined with high-frequency sight words.
• Less-common words are purposefully avoided.

New content is available for review lessons.

• Teachers have additional content to use when repeating lessons.
• Practice words at the three vocabulary levels are included in Challenge Level

See how the SIPPS® program aligns with the Reading First guidelines.