Jim Wright's RTI/MTSS Workshops for Scarsdale Schools

On Th 19 August 2021, Jim Wright presented the workshop RTI/MTSS: Building a Data-Collection Toolkit for elementary RTI/MTSS Team members from Scarsdale Schools. Here are resources from the training:

PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS: Building a Data-Collection Toolkit [1]
Handout [2]
Link to Data Collection Lookup Table

On W 18 August 2021, Jim Wright presented the workshop RTI/MTSS: Building an Intervention Toolkit for elementary RTI/MTSS Team members from Scarsdale Schools. Here are resources from the training:

PowerPoint: RTI/MTSS: Building an Intervention Toolkit [3]
Handout [4]
Tier 1: Classroom Support Plan Writer. [5] This free web-based app allows educators to create and print customized classroom intervention plans for individuals and groups!
Tier 1: Supplemental Handout: Manual of teacher interventions [6] (included Read Actively, Reading-Reflection Pause, Linking Pronouns to Referents, Mark It/Jot It, Double-Entry Reading Journal, Anticipation Guides, Partner Retell).

ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IDEAS

General Academic Skills

Acquisition of Academic Item-Set

Flash Cards with Constant Time Delay. [7] This high-success flashcard intervention can be used to teach letter and number names, sight words, spelling words, and vocabulary definitions

Reading: Phonics/Alphabetics

Word Boxes/Word Sort [8]
Incremental Rehearsal: Letter Identification [9]
Letter Cube Blending [10]

Reading: Sight-Word Vocabulary

Sight-Word Vocabulary. The student has rapid recognition of sight-words.

Reading Racetracks. [11]The student engages in repeated reading of a wordlist packaged in a 'racetrack' format. Reading Racetrack Interactive Form [12]
Vocabulary: Classwide Tutoring. [13] Students are paired off to tutor each other in sight-word vocabulary.

Reading Fluency

Fluency. The student reads with adequate fluency to comprehend the text.

Assisted Cloze. [14] The tutor reads aloud while the student follows along silently in the practice passage. Then the student reads aloud.
Choral Reading. [15]The tutor (lead reader) reads aloud while the reading group or class all read aloud as well.
Duet Reading. [16]The tutor and student alternate in reading aloud, with the tutor deciding how much text the student reads during their turn.
Echo Reading. [17]Student and tutor alternate in reading short sections of the practice passage.
Listening Passage Preview. [18]The student listens to the passage read aloud, then reads the passage aloud with tutor feedback.
Passage Preview in Sections. [19]The tutor and student rehearse/read the passage in sections.
Paired Reading. [20] The tutor and student read aloud together from a passage, until the student isgnals that they would like to read alone.
Repeated Reading. [21]The student reads a passage several times in succession with tutor feedback about accuracy and fluency.
Repeated Reading: Group. [22]This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.

HELPS Program. [23]This free program provides 15-minute 1:1 tutoring sessions to work on reading fluency. NOTE: Teachers create a free account on the HELPS site and then can access the free materials.

Reading Comprehension

Self-Monitoring:The student monitors understanding of the text while reading.

Click or Clunk. [24]The student uses self-signals to monitor understanding at the sentence, paragraph, and page level--and applies 'fix-up' skills.
Reading Reflection Pauses [25]. The student monitors understanding periodically and applies fix-up skills.

Main Idea:The student locates the main idea of a paragraph or passage in informational text.

Main Idea Maps. [26]The student uses a graphic organizer to record main idea and supporting details of a passage.
Question Generation. [27]The student locates or creates main-idea sentences for all paragraphis in a passage and uses them to create study cards.
Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [28] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer.
RAP Interactive Form [29]
Read Actively. [30]THe student reads, covers, recalls from memory, and rereads each paragraph to boost comprehension.
Partner Retell. [31]The student reads a passage, then pairs with another student to engage in a tutoring exchange to identify main idea.
Repeated Reading With Oral/Written Retell. [32] The student reads a passage several times and is asked to write or recite the key information from the passage.

Linking Ideas:The student makes connections between ideas in the text.

Linking Pronouns to Referents. [33]When reading advanced texts, the student circles pronouns, writes their referents above them, and then rereads the text, inserting the referent for each pronoun.
Ask-Read-Tell. [34]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished.
ART Interactive Form. [35]
Phrase-Cued Text Lessons. [36]The student reads aloud from annotated text and is coached to observe all pauses/phrase breaks, which correspond to groupings of ideas within the text. ONLINE APP: Phrase-Cued Text Generator [37]

Spelling

Spelling Acquisition. The student is able to spell a grade-appropriate range of words correctly.

Cover-Copy-Compare. [38]The student studies spelling-word (or sight-word) models, covers them, copies them from memory, and compares copied words to the originals. CCC Interactive Form [39]
Self-Correction with Verbal Cues. [40] The student takes a brief spelling pre-test, follows a self-guided process to check and correct spelling errors using verbal cues, and then takes a spelling post-test

Writing

Sentence Complexity. The student writes sentences of appropriate variety and complexity for the subject and/or grade level.

Elements of Effective Writing Instruction. [41] The student receives writing instruction that contains some or all of these 9 'best writing practices'.
Sentence Combining. [42] The student is given examples of 2 clauses to be combined into a single sentence.

Math

Number Sense Intervention: Counting Board Game [43]

Math Facts: Incremental Rehearsal (Constant Time Delay): Flash Cards [44]

Math Facts: Self-Administered Folding-In (SAFI) Technique [45]

Work Completion: Problem-Interspersal Technique [49]

Math Vocabulary: Classwide Vocabulary Tutoring [54]
Self-Management: Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists [55]
Math Anxiety: Managing Academic Anxiety Through an Antecedent Writing Activity [56]

Self-Management

Self-Management in Academic Skills. The student uses appropriate skills and strategies to manage their own learning.

Academic Survival Skills. [64] The student possesses strong work habits in global skills such as time management, study skills, and organization.
ONLINE APP: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Generator. [65] This free app allows teachers to create and save customized checklists for use in classrooms.

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.

Academic Interventions [69]

What Works Clearinghouse 'Practice Guides'. The What Works Clearinghouse [70] 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

Mathematics

Encouraging Girls in Math and Science [84]

Data Tool

Related Resources

Archival Data

Behavior Frequency Count

FORM: Behavior Frequency Count [85]

Behavior Log/Scatterplot

FORM: Behavior Log/Scatterplot [86]

Behavior Report Cards

Checklists

Curriculum-Based Measures/ Assessment

Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms
CBM Type	Online CBM Application	CBM Directions & Norms
CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency	Letter Name Fluency Generator [93] DIBELS NEXT [94] easyCBM.com [95]	LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [96]
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency	Reading Passage Generator [97] DIBELS NEXT [94] easyCBM.com [95]	Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms [98]
CBM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)	Maze Passage Generator [99] DIBELS NEXT [94]	Maze: Directions & Norms [100]
CBM: Early Math Fluency	Early Math Fluency Generator [101]	Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [102]
CBM: Math Computation	SuperKids.com Math Worksheet Generator [103]	Math Computation: Directions & Norms [104]
CBM: Written Expression	Writing Probe Generator [105]	Writing: Directions & Norms [106]