Student needs will vary depending on the severity of their deficiencies.
You will need to consider if they need:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days a week of interventions?
- Computer-based or Teacher/tutor lead interventions?
- 10, 20, 30 min. a day (individual or small group intervention)?
- Before, During, or After school interventions?
- What program or materials will be utilized?
Where to Go to Find Quality Materials for Interventions:
TPRI - Texas Primary Reading Inventory
www.tpri.org is a wonderful resource to use for Reading Tools, Interventions, Activities - (free)
Istation.com
Reading A-Z - (low cost account fee)
Florida Center for Reading -(free)
Districts will have an "adopted" reading program/materials...these programs will usually have intervention materials included within the teacher materials.
Other helpful Materials:
Leveled Guided Reading Books, Fry's 1000 Sight Word Lists, Reading A-Z Fluency passages
Progress Monitoring is a Must.... to judge if the interventions are successful or if they need to be altered.
PM is recorded data, notes, scores, etc. that show if progress is being made by a student.
PM can be recorded daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
PM can be kept is a simple notebook, computer, copied forms from a program, etc.
