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 Mastery

Commercial Program
Comprehension, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics & Decoding, Vocabulary
Tier I,II,III
K—2nd

Reading Mastery is an accelerated program that aims to help beginning readers identify letter sounds, segment words into sounds, blend sounds into words, develop vocabulary, and begin to learn comprehension strategies.  Reading Mastery Classic consists of two levels. Reading Mastery Fast Cycle is an accelerated program that condenses Levels I and II.

Reading Mastery can be used as a supplement to a core reading program or as a stand-alone reading program for students with or without disabilities.

Reading Racetracks

Instructional Practice
Oral Reading Fluency
Tier I,II
Pre-K—4th

This practice aims to increase the fluency and acquisition of sight words for elementary students through a game-ified drill and practice. A teacher composes the Reading Racetracks (“target” and “review” versions) from a master sight-word list. In a game-like format, an individual student reads aloud from a “racetrack” wordlist for 1 minute, the teacher records their reading performance, and repeats the wordlist reading until reaching a pre-set benchmark.

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 While Listening

Instructional Practice
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency
Tier II,III
K—12th

Reading While Listening involves practicing reading while listening to a proficient reader (or an audio recording) of a fluent reading of the text and pointing at the words.

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.

Repeated Reading

Instructional Practice
Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency
Tier I,II,III
1st—12th

Repeated reading is a strategic approach designed to increase reading fluency and comprehension. During repeated reading, students read and re-read a selected short passage until they reach a satisfactory level of fluency.

Retelling

Instructional Practice
Comprehension
Tier I
1st—12th

In retelling, students will retell the events in a passage they have either read or heard.

Root Wheels

Learning Strategy
Vocabulary
Tier I,II
1st—12th

Root wheels are a visual representation that increases students understanding and knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. While 90% of the words that students encounter across various content areas are based on Greek and Latin prefixes, roots and suffixes, root wheels provide students a visual to enhance their understandings of vocabulary through deeper exploration. This strategy can also facilitate drawing and second language exploration.

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.

Short or Long

Sample Lesson/Activity
Phonics & Decoding
Tier II,III
K—3rd

The National Center on INTENSIVE INTERVENTION has sample lessons and activities intended to assist special education teachers, interventionists, and others working with students with intensive reading needs.

The lessons/materials are not intended to be used as an intervention, but can provide support for developing and customizing lessons to meet student needs.

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