Gaining the Instructional Edge: How to Find & Fix Academic Skill Deficits Through RTI and the Common Core Standards

• DIRECT INSTRUCTION CHECKLIST: How To: Deliver Direct Instruction in General-Education Classrooms.

Academic Interventions

• How To: Improve Academic Interventions: 7 Big Ideas
• How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions'
• Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [in RTF/MS Word format]. This 1-page form is an organizer to help teachers to easily document Tier 1 (classroom) interventions.

Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:

• Intervention Central
• Evidence-Based Intervention Network
• Cognitive Strategy Instruction

Here are links to some  interventionists discussed at the training:

• Incremental Rehearsal: Letter Identification
• Letter Cube Blending
  
•   Sample Reading Fluency Interventions: 7 Ideas
• HELPS Reading Fluency Program
  
• Text Lookback
• Question Generation
• Reading Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies

• Number Sense Intervention: Counting Board Game
• Strategic Number Counting Instruction
• Math Facts (and Spelling) Intervention: Cover-Copy-Compare
• Reciprocal Peer Tutoring in Math Computation With Constant Time Delay
• Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists 

• Effective Elements of Writing Instruction
• Sentence-Combining

• Online Tool: Academic Intervention Planner
• Online Tool: Academic Survival Skills Maker

Behavioral Interventions

• Good Behavior Game. This document explains how teachers can set up a positive behavior game in their classrooms.
• Color Wheel: Classroom Rules Management System
• Online Tool: Behavior Intervention Planner

Accommodations

• Online Tool: Accommodations Finder

Data-Collection Tools & Resources

• Online Tool: Behavior Report Card Maker

• Academic Skills Checklist: Reading Decoding Fluency
• Academic Skills Checklist: Reading Comprehension
• Academic Skills Checklist: Writing
• Student Math Competencies: Sampling of Essential Skills