Research-Based Interventions for Tier 2 Or Tier 3 in Reading

Research-Based Interventions for Tier 2 or Tier 3 in Reading

*Prioritized based on level of effectiveness per column

Phonemic Awareness / Phonics/Word Recognition / Vocabulary / Fluency / Comprehension
Phonics Lessons by Fountas & Pinnell
(books for grades K-1) / Leveled Literacy Intervention by Fountas & Pinnell / Leveled Literacy Intervention by Fountas & Pinnell / Leveled Literacy Intervention by Fountas & Pinnell / Leveled Literacy Intervention by Fountas & Pinnell
Focused guided reading-a reading group with a specific focus on a skill deficit area(s) in reading (decoding-word work, guided reading with a book to practice skill, repeat word work) / Phonics Lessons by Fountas & Pinnell (K-3) / Phonics Lessons by Fountas & Pinnell (K-3) / Focused guided reading-a reading group with a specific focus on a skill deficit area(s) in reading (fluency-word work, guided reading with a book to practice skill, repeat word work) / Focused guided reading-a reading group with a specific focus on a skill deficit area(s) in reading (comprehension-questioning, making connections, guided reading with a book to practice skill, repeat)
DRA Word Analysis – phonemic awareness tasks:
e.g. Tasks 1, 13 (rhyming skills); Tasks 8, 14, 18, 21, 34, 39 (segmenting skills), Tasks 12, 25, 33 (blending skills); Tasks 19, 20, 24 (deleting/substituting) / Words Their Way
(Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction) / Words Their Way
(Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction) / Great Leaps / DRA Progress Monitoring Routines 15, 16, & DRA Inferential/Analytical Questioning
DRA Progress Monitoring Routines 1, 2, 3 (blending) / Great Leaps / Focused guided reading-a reading group with a specific focus on a skill deficit area(s) in reading (vocabulary-word work, guided reading with a book to practice skill, repeat word work) / DRA Progress Monitoring Routines 5, 11, 12, 13, 14 (paired reading, rereading, choral reading, timed reading) / Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org
-Go to the section “for educators”
-activities are separated into grade level spans
*Printed copies are available in the bookroom
Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org
-Go to the section “for educators”
-activities are separated into grade level spans / Focused guided reading-a reading group with a specific focus on a skill deficit area(s) in reading (decoding-word work, guided reading with a book to practice skill, repeat word work) / DRA Progress Monitoring Routine 10 (oral vocabulary) & DRA Inferential/Analytical Questioning / Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org
-Go to the section “for educators”
-activities are separated into grade level spans
*Printed copies are available in the bookroom / The Savvy Teacher’s Guide: Reading Interventions that Work by Jim Wright at www.interventioncentral.org
“Techniques to Build Text Comprehension”
(e.g. “Click or Clunk”; Advanced Story Map; Keywords: Main Idea Maps; Mental Imagery; Prior Knowledge; Questioning
Benchmark Phonics Kit – phonemic awareness tasks (rhyming/segmenting/ blending/delete/substitute) – choose resources based on the skill the intervention is being provided for / DRA Word Analysis –letter/word recognition & phonics instruction tasks:
e.g. Tasks 2, 3, 11 (initial sounds), Task 5, 6 (letter recognition), Tasks 25, 26, 32, 33 (blends, vowel patterns); Tasks 9, 17, 22, 29, (high frequency words) / Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org
-Go to the section “for educators”
-activities are separated into grade level spans / Readers Theatre
*Available in the bookroom / Close Reading
Starfall to be used with other interventions
www.starfall.com / DRA Progress Monitoring Routines 4, 6 (word parts, chunking, syllabication), 8 (nondecodable words) / Benchmark Word Study Kit – choose resources based on the skill the intervention is being provided for / The Savvy Teacher’s Guide: Reading Interventions that Work by Jim Wright at www.interventioncentral.org
“Techniques to Promote Reading Fluency”
Assisted Reading Practice
Listening Passage Preview
Paired Reading (R. Buddies)
Repeated Reading
Nursery Rhymes / Florida Center for Reading Research www.fcrr.org
-Go to the section “for educators”
-activities are separated into grade level spans / Close Reading / Choral Reading
Mirror (mouth sounds) / Benchmark Phonics Kit – phonics/decoding/word recognition tasks – choose resources based on the skill deficit / Frayer Model for building vocabulary
http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/FrayerModel.html / Whisper Phones to be used with other interventions
Games to be used with other interventions – e.g.
Name Game
ABC roll & cover
ABC bean bag toss / The Savvy Teacher’s Guide: Reading Interventions that Work by Jim Wright at www.interventioncentral.org
“Techniques to Promote Error Correction” / Poems for Two Voices
http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/Comparison_Contrast/Poem_Two_Voices.pdf
Incremental Rehearsal (9+1) to be used with other interventions
Starfall to be used with other interventions
www.starfall.com

Resources that some schools have purchased to assist with interventions (remember that all interventions should be implemented with fidelity):

Sounds Sensible

System 44

S.P.I.R.E

Read 180

Wilson Fundations/System

Reading Recovery

Tier I Literacy Instruction Framework:

Literacy Block (90 minutes)

  Modeled Writing (12 minutes)

  Small Group Reading (30 minutes)

  Individual/Small Group Writing Conferences (30 minutes)

  Mini- Lesson/ Read Aloud (18 minutes)

*Teachers can provide 4 reading groups or 4 writing groups if is more appropriate for the students.