The Elementary Teacher as ‘First Responder’: Building the Classroom Intervention Toolkit

On 29 March 2019, Jim Wright presented a full-day workshop for

Keene (NY) Central School District: RTI Workshop

On 3 November 2011, Jim Wright presented on the topic RTI & the Teacher as 'First Responder': Tools for Classroom Intervention for faculty from Keene Central Schools in Keene Valley, N

RTI & the Teacher as 'First Responder': Tools for Classroom Intervention

On 11 January 2013 Jim Wright presented on the topic RTI & the Teacher as 'First Responder': Tools for Classroom Intervention, at the Brookly Charter School.

New York State Council for Exceptional Children (NYSCEC)

On 21 October 2011, Jim Wright presented a keynote address, Giving Classroom Teachers the Tools to Serve as RTI ‘First Responders', at the Fall 2011 Conference of the New York State Counci

Troy City Schools

 On Thursday 27 June 2013, Jim Wright presented to Troy (NY) City Schools staff on the topic Gaining the Instructional Edge in Grades Pre-K through 8: How to Find & Fix ELA-Related Ski

Pine Plains (NY) Central Schools

On 11 October 2011, Jim Wright presented morning and afternoon sessions for the Pine Plains (NY) Central School District on topics relating to RTI.

 

Letter Cube Blending

DESCRIPTION: The Letter Cube Blending intervention targets alphabetic (phonics) skills.

References

  • Florida Center for Reading Research. (2009). Letter cube blending. Retrieved from http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/pdf/GK-1/P_Final_Part4.pdf (pp. 13-17).
  • Taylor, R. P., Ding, Y., Felt, D., & Zhang, D. (2011). Effects of Tier 1 intervention on letter–sound correspondence in a Response-to-Intervention model in first graders. School Psychology Forum, 5(2), 54-73.

Phrase-Cued Text Lessons

DESCRIPTION: Phrase-cued texts are a means to train students to recognize the natural pauses that occur between phrases in their reading.

References

  • Rasinski, T.V. (1990). The effects of cued phrase boundaries on reading performance: A review. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED313689).
  • Rasinski, T. V. (1994). Developing syntactic sensitivity in reading through phrase-cued texts. Intervention in School and Clinic, 29, 165-168.
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