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

Reading Roots

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier I,II
2nd—6th

Reading Roots 4th Edition is a ninety-minute comprehensive program designed to target the needs of beginning readers. Reading Roots is a beginning-reading program that  provides a strong base for successful reading through systematic phonics instruction supported by decodable stories, along with instruction in fluency and comprehension.  Reading Roots is built around forty-eight lessons. Separated into four levels, it supports concept development in oral-language development, phonemic awareness, phonics, word skills, fluency, and writing. 

 

Reading Roots provides rich literature experiences, extensive oral-language development, and thematically focused writing instruction. These objectives are embedded in a fast-paced, engaging, and effective instructional process. Students are assessed and regrouped according to their reading level every quarter to ensure that they receive the most focused instruction.

Reading Wings

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonics & Decoding
Tier I,II
2nd—6th

Reading Wings is a reading curriculum that uses Success for All’s core instructional structures to target vocabulary development, reading comprehension, fluency, oral-language development, and written expression by providing students ample opportunities with both narrative and expository text.

S.P.I.R.E.

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
Pre-K—8th

S.P.I.R.E is an intensive reading program for non-readers and struggling readers. This multisensory program is based on the Orton-Gillingham approach.

Ticket to Read®

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
K—6th

Ticket to Read® is a self-paced, student-centered online program. Students complete tasks in the areas of foundational skills, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and can earn points to be used to decorate their personal clubhouse or stock their toy store.

Voyager Passport®

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier II,III
K—5th

Voyager Passport® is a strategic reading intervention designed for K-5 students reading below grade level. This program uses a blended approach—combining teacher led and online instruction. 

The program integrates five components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension) into an instructional routine.

The program provides instruction, corrective feedback, and practice time in a small group setting. Each level of Voyager Passport® consists of 120 lessons that are divided into ten-day units.

Wilson Reading System®

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

The Wilson Reading System® (WRS®) is the flagship program of Wilson Language Training® and the foundation of all other Wilson programs.  The WRS® is an intensive Tier 3 program.  It is designed for students with word-level deficits not making sufficient progress through their current intervention, have been unable to learn with other teaching strategies and require multisensory language instruction, or who require more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language-based learning disability, such as dyslexia.

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