Intervention Tool Chart :: Reading

Looking for an intervention for your students?  The Intervention Tools Chart is designed to be used by educators as a resource to locate interventions, instructional practices, and learning strategies that can be used within an RtI process.  Please note:  the listing of specific tools is not meant as an endorsement by the NYS RtI MS DP or the NYSED.  Rather, it is up to the consumer to research selected tools for evidence of effectiveness.  The chart contains three types of tools that are either free or available for purchase:  commercial programs, instructional practices, and learning strategies.

Title
Component
Tier
Grade

Four-Box Comment Card

Learning Strategy
Comprehension
3rd—12th

The Four-Box Comment Card strategy focuses on deeper comprehension of a text by providing four prompts for the students to answer as they read through a text with discussion time to allow deeper understanding. The most common prompts include one comment, one surprise, on question, or one observation. This strategy can be used in small groups or whole group instruction, and it encourages students to critically think and take a position on an informational text.

I-Chart or Inquiry Chart

Learning Strategy
Comprehension
3rd—12th

An I-Chart assists students in collecting information about a given topic from multiple resources while organizing and analyzing the information. It provides students the opportunity to research and reason based on inquiry. The chart also facilitates small group or whole group discussion that deepens students’ understanding of a topic.

Interactive Notebooks

Learning Strategy
Comprehension
3rd—12th

The Interactive Notebook strategy provides a platform for students to document their own learning and reading experiences in a notebook. They can document information about content-specific material, include drawings and charts, and organize previously completed graphic organizers. The Interactive Notebook allows students to watch his/her learning progress overtime while practicing organization and notetaking skills.

Kaplan SpellRead™

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
2nd—12th

Kaplan SpellRead™ is a phonological auditory training program. It focuses on phonological automaticity and reading fluency while providing explicit comprehension and vocabulary instruction and opportunities for writing.

Comprehension
Tier I,II
4th—12th

Keys to Literacy is a professional development program designed to train teachers to provide content literacy instruction embedded in classroom instruction using existing reading and curriculum materials.

 

This professional development program is designed for grades 4-6 elementary teachers, 7-12 content classroom teachers, and educators who provide support to struggling readers.

Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
4th—12th

LANGUAGE! The Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum® is a multisensory, targeted intervention with an intensive literacy curriculum. It integrates reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, foundational skills, and spoken English. Its parallel curriculum, LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning® is specifically designed for English learners. The program is available in both a traditional and eBook version.

Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier I,II
K—12th

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) is a peer-tutoring program. According to the developer's website, it is designed to be incorporated into the existing curriculum with the goal of improving the academic performance of children with diverse academic needs. Students partner with peers, alternating the role of tutor while reading aloud, listening, and providing feedback in various structured activities.

Phonics for Reading

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding
Tier II,III
3rd—12th

Phonics for Reading is a supplementary program designed to aid students in building phonemic awareness, decoding, and fluency skills to strengthen reading comprehension. The program is systematic and utilizes explicit instruction.

Predicting

Learning Strategy
Comprehension
Tier I
4th—12th

In predicting, readers make thoughtful guesses, based on experience and available information. These guesses are either confirmed or revised on the basis of what is read. Students bring their personal experiences, prior knowledge, and world view to the text as they make and revise predictions that will enrich their comprehension.

Read Naturally

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
1st—12th

Read Naturally® is designed to improve reading fluency using a combination of books, audiotapes, and computer software. The program has three main strategies: repeated reading of text for developing oral reading fluency, teacher modeling of story reading, and systematic monitoring of student progress by the students themselves and by teachers. Students work at a reading level appropriate for their achievement level and progress through the program independently.

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