English Language Learners

Three fundamental aspects of the SIPPS program make it easy for teachers to work with English Language Learners (ELLs) 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

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