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Port Chester (NY) Schools: RTI/MTSS Workshops
In the Fall and Winter of 2019-20, Jim Wright presented a workshop, RTI/MTSS First Responder: How K-6 Teachers Can Provide Effective Tier 1 Reading Interventions, to MTSS staff of Port Chester elementary schools. Here are resources from that workshop:
- PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS First Responder: How K-6 Teachers Can Provide Effective Tier 1 Reading Interventions
- PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS First Responder (Edison School: Short Version)
- Handout
- Academic-Interventions 'Look-Up Table'
- Tier 1/Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Google Docs)
Here are tools for determining/adjusting level of text difficulty:
- Lexile Analyzer. This free site allows teachers to calculate Lexile (readability) levels for text samples of up to 1000 words.
- Newsela. This free site contains current news stories. Each story is written to match multiple Lexile levels.
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune. Articles from this site are written at 4 Lexile levels. https://www.tweentribune.com/
Grade | Student Problem | Intervention | Progress-Monitoring |
K | Andrew: Letter Names: Skill Deficit |
Letter Names: Flashcards with 3-Second Delay |
Letter Names Fluency Probes (CBM): easyCBM |
1 | Miranda: CVC Words: Skill Deficit |
Phonics: Word Boxes/Word Sort |
Nonsense Word Fluency Probes (CBM): Dibels Next/ Dolch Word List Builder: Free app to create random lists of |
4 | Lyla: Reading: Fluency Deficit |
Reading Fluency: Passage Preview in Stages | Passage Reading Fluency Probes (CBM): easyCBM Materials are free: Teacher log-in required |
5 |
Jared: Comprehension: Generalization Deficit |
Reading Comprehension: Read Actively |
Michigan’s Mission: Literacy Website: Examples of Retell Rubrics:
Story/Narrative Retell Rubric: Teachers College: http://usd450.net/files/A-Z_retell_rubric.pdf
Sample Retell Rubrics: Saddlespace: https://www.saddlespace.org/lunowa/trabucolunowandrea/cms_file/show/67252294.pdf?t=1496956058 |
In the Fall of 2019, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Developing Effective MTSS Tier 2 Reading Interventions, to MTSS staff of Port Chester elementary schools. Here are resources from that workshop:
- PowerPoint: Developing Effective MTSS Tier 2 Reading Interventions
- Handout 1: Resources
- Handout 2: MTSS Tier 2 Services Inventory Form
- 38 Classroom Ideas to Help Students to Make Better Behavioral Choices
Retell Rubric Examples
- Michigan’s Mission: Literacy Website: Examples of Retell Rubrics:
- http://www.missionliteracy.com/retelling.html
- Story/Narrative Retell Rubric: Teachers College:
- http://usd450.net/files/A-Z_retell_rubric.pdf
- Sample Retell Rubrics: Saddlespace:
- https://www.saddlespace.org/lunowa/trabucolunowandrea/cms_file/show/67252294.pdf?t=1496956058
- Tier 2: Small-Group Intervention Plan (Interactive). This PDF document allows the user to enter a multi-week Tier 2 intervention plan for a small group of up to 7 students. Check out this example of the form filled out for a group based repeated-reading intervention.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: What Works Clearinghouse. This website reviews core instruction and intervention programs in reading & mathematics, as well as other academic areas. The site reviews existing studies and draws conclusions about whether specific intervention programs show evidence of effectiveness.
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: Best Evidence Encyclopedia. This site provides reviews of evidence-based math and reading programs. The website is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) .
- Tier 2/3 Intervention Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention Academic Intervention Chart. Sponsored by the National Center on Intensive Intervention, this page provides ratings to intervention programs in math, reading, and writing. Users can sort their search by subject and grade level.
On 24/26 April 2019, Jim Wright presented brief workshops for elementary teachers from the Port Chester School District on the topic The Elementary Teacher as ‘First Responder’: Building the Classroom Intervention Toolkit. Here are resources from that training:
- PowerPoint: The Elementary Teacher as ‘First Responder’: Building the Classroom Intervention Toolkit
1. Behavior Report Cards
2. Checklists
3. Cumulative Mastery Records
4. Curriculum-Based Measurement
ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IDEAS |
General Academic Skills |
Acquisition of Academic Item-Set
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Reading: Phonics/Alphabetics |
Reading: Sight-Word Vocabulary |
Sight-Word Vocabulary. The student has rapid recognition of sight-words.
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Reading Fluency |
Fluency. The student reads with adequate fluency to comprehend the text.
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Reading Comprehension |
Self-Monitoring:The student monitors understanding of the text while reading.
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Main Idea:The student locates the main idea of a paragraph or passage in informational text.
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Linking Ideas:The student makes connections between ideas in the text.
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Spelling |
Spelling Acquisition. The student is able to spell a grade-appropriate range of words correctly.
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Writing |
Sentence Complexity. The student writes sentences of appropriate variety and complexity for the subject and/or grade level.
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Math |
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Self-Management |
Self-Management in Academic Skills. The student uses appropriate skills and strategies to manage their own learning.
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What Works Clearinghouse 'Practice Guides'. The What Works Clearinghouse is sponsored by the US Department of Education. One of the free resources that the site offers are 'practice guides': summaries of research into effective instruction that any teacher can read and apply to the classroom. Here are a range of practice guides to address reading, writing, and mathematics: |
Reading/Writing |
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Mathematics |
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Florida Center for Reading Research. This website is a product of a research center at Florida State University.The site includes free lesson plans for reading across grades K-5. (Many of the grade 4-5 resources are appropriate for secondary students with reading delays.) |
Evidence-Based Intervention Network. This site is co-sponsored by school psychology programs at East Carolina University and University of Missouri.It contains research-based ideas for reading, math, and behavior interventions. |