Tools

Tools

Tools and Resources to Support Implementation of Response to Intervention

Tools and Resources to Support Implementation of Response to Intervention

Action Plan Guide

Along with the "Action Plan" Template, use this guide to design a campus action plan for your campus and/or district.

Action Plan Instructions

These directions describe how to use the "Action Plan" Template to develop an Action Plan for your campus and/or district.

Campus Needs Assessment Tool

This guide helps your campus identify needs and develop a plan for strengthening your reading instruction.

Guide to completing the Campus Needs Assessment Tool

This presentation offers an overview of how to use the Campus Needs Assessment Tool.

Response to Intervention Flowchart Presentation

This presentation will guide you through the Response to Intervention Flowchart.

Response to Intervention Flowchart

This 3-Tier Implementation Flow Chart was designed as a visual representation of the dynamic process of implementing a 3-tier model.

Handouts to Supplement the Response to Intervention Flowchart Presentation

These presentation handouts supplement the "Response to Intervention Flowchart" Presentation.

Elementary 90-Minute Reading Block Template

This Elementary 90-Minute Reading Block template provides a tool for educators to use to plan reading instruction.

Collaborative Instructional Log for students receiving intervention

National Reading First has developed this tool to manage information regarding specific intervention that is provided to a student.

Response to Intervention Implementation Flowchart

This Implementation Flow Chart was designed as a visual representation of the dynamic process of implementing Response to Intervention.

Action Plan Template

Use this template to design your campus action plan.

Phonological Awareness Continuum (Spanish)

This handout contains activities in Spanish corresponding to the different levels of the Phonological Awareness Continuum.

Phonological Awareness Lessons (Spanish)

This resource contains four lessons to support Phonological Awareness in bilingual Spanish classrooms.

Making Words (Spanish)

This is a list of Spanish words containing the first eleven combinations of vowels and consonants in Spanish.

Two Syllable Word Puzzle (Spanish)

This is an activity to practice using syllables to form words in Spanish. It also reviews conventions and rules regarding the use of syllables in Spanish.

Word Sorts (Spanish)

This handout describes examples of different types of word sorts that can be used in Spanish.

Word Walls (Spanish)

This resource contains many useful tips and specific description of activities to engage students with word walls in bilingual Spanish classrooms.

Cognates from the Bilingual Spanish Classroom

This is a list of cognates that can help English language learners use what they know in Spanish to read and comprehend in English.

Sample Semantic Feature Analysis (Spanish)

This is a sample feature analysis chart in Spanish applied to measurement units.

Reading processes (Spanish)

This handout reviews the role that decoding, sight, analogy and context play as part of the reading processes in Spanish.

Readers Theatre (Spanish)

This resource contains sample text to use to build fluency using this technique.

Fluency Monitoring (Spanish)

This is a chart that can be used to track students’ progress in fluency as they read Spanish texts.

Calculating Fluency

This handout contains the steps to calculate fluency levels.

Graphic Organizers (Spanish)

This is a collection that can be used with narrative and expository texts to support comprehension strategy instruction.

Continuum of Questions from Bloom's Taxonomy

This continuum of questions can be used by teachers of all grades to engage students in discussions and to scaffold learning.

Expository Cards (Spanish)

These cards can be used to prompt students to remember important elements of expository texts.

Narrative Cards (Spanish)

These cards can be used to prompt students to remember important elements in narrative texts.

Get the Gist Cards (Spanish)

These cards can support explicit instruction for getting the main idea as part of during reading activities with Spanish texts.

Question Levels (Spanish)

This handout contains descriptions of level I, level II, and level III questions with examples.

Podcasts: How to Use the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) Second Grade Grouping Mat

These podcasts walk second grade teachers through the process of using their students' Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) data to complete a TPRI Grouping Mat to help inform daily reading instruction.

Response to Intervention: Research to Practice

This presentation was shared at the Building RTI Capacity: Perspectives from the Field Conference — Austin, TX 2008.

Texas Education Agency

Visit this Web site for information from the Texas Education Agency regarding response to intervention.

Searchlight

This Web site allows users to search research-based professional development and instructional materials developed by the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Users can also take courses that draw from materials such as the Teacher Reading Academies for Texas Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.

Tool for Analyzing Core Reading Program for Grades K-3

Educators can use A Consumer’s Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program, Grades K–3: A Critical Elements Analysis, developed at the University of Oregon, to evaluate their K–3 core reading program in the five critical components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Such an evaluation is a key step in strengthening the core program.

The Florida Center for Reading Research

This site has information for teachers, coaches, administrators, and parents about research-based literacy practices. The teachers’ section includes a variety of student literacy center activities organized by the five critical components of reading.

National Association of State Directors of Special Education

The National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s (NASDSE) response to intervention Web page features useful tools for educators, including information about the NASDSE booklet, Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation.

Center on Instruction

The Center on Instruction Web site features scientifically based resources and information on reading, mathematics, science, special education, and English language learners.

Texas Primary Reading Inventory Grouping Mats

Educators using the Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) as an assessment tool may find the TPRI Grouping Mats to be a helpful resource for using the assessment data for instructional planning.

Tejas LEE Grouping Mats

Educators using Tejas LEE as an assessment tool may find the Tejas Lee Grouping Mats to be a helpful resource for using the assessment data for instructional planning.

The U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education answers questions on response to intervention and early intervening services.

National Reading Panel

Here you can find information regarding reading research and its implications for instruction.

National Mathematics Panel

Here you can find information regarding math research and its implications for instruction.

Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: School Building Level

The National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s (NASDSE) and the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) have developed this tool for campuses to use to guide them through the process of implementing RTI at the school building level.

Response to Intervention Blueprints for Implementation: District Level

The National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s (NASDSE) and the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) have developed this tool for school districts to use to guide them through the process of implementing RTI at the district level.

Materials and Resources to Support Instruction at the Primary Level

This web page has links to materials developed at the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at the University of Texas at Austin to support instruction at the primary level.

National Center on Response to Intervention

This resource offers information on various topics related to Response to Intervention.

Early Mathematics Intervention

This site has information about research-based early mathematics intervention.

Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) Initiative

The Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA) Initiative developed two separate research-based literacy Academies for middle school teachers—one for English and Language Arts teachers and one for content area teachers.

National Center on Response to Intervention - Resources for Middle School

This resource offers information on various topics related to Response to Intervention at the Middle School level.

National Center on Response to Intervention - Resources for High School

This resource offers information on various topics related to Response to Intervention at the High School level.

Materials and Resources to Support Instruction at the Secondary Level

This web page has links to materials developed at the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at the University of Texas at Austin to support instruction at the secondary level.

Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised)

This guide is designed as a resource for those working with secondary students.

Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties: The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook

This resource offers middle school reading teachers an overview of research-based instructional approaches for teaching struggling readers.

Response to Intervention Background Resources

 

Campus-Wide Implementation Resources

 

Instruction and Intervention Elementary Resources

 

Instruction and Intervention Secondary Resources

 

Assessment Resources

 

Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies

This is a flyer describing the English Language Arts (ELA) Academy and the Content Area Academy designed to support middle school teachers as they address the literacy needs of students in grades 6 through 8.

Handouts to Support TPRI Grouping Mats Podcast

 

A Look at Tiered Interventions for High School Struggling Learners

This article was written by Helen Duffy, from the American Institute of Research.

Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds

This is a presentation from the U.S. Department of Education. It addresses how funds under Title I and Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) may be used to support Response to Intervention (RTI) in public schools.

Using Center Activities to Differentiate Reading Instruction. A Guide for Teachers

This is a guide for K–5 classroom teachers. It contains a wide range of Student Center Activities (SCAs ) designed to engage students during small-group work.

RTI Background Resources

 

Campus Wide Resources

 

RtI Interviews

In these interviews, leaders and educators from model RtI campuses in Texas reflect and offer valuable insights on their five-year long experience with this new framework.

Gary Duncan

 

Scheduling

 

Progress Monitoring

 

Use of Title I Funds

This presentation addresses how funds under Title I and Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) may be used to support Response to Intervention (RTI) in public schools.

Bilingual Spanish Lessons and Activities from the Online Teacher Reading Academies (OTRA)

Here is a collection of lessons, tips, and techniques extracted from the Online Teacher Reading Academies for each of the five critical reading components.

Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades

This practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouse for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences.

Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools

This practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouse for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences.

Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades

This practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouse for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences.

Elkonin Boxes

This activity can help Spanish-speaking students segment spoken words into their individual sounds.

Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes

Here you will find a series of teacher and student booklets to support intensive small group instruction for Spanish speaking students.

Teacher Book A: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers

This teacher booklet from Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers contains lessons 1 -20.

Teacher Book B: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers

This teacher booklet from Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers contains lessons 21-40.

Teacher Book C: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers

This teacher booklet from Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers contains lessons 41.60

Teacher Book D: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers

This teacher booklet from Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers contains lessons 61-80.

Teacher Book E: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers

This teacher booklet from Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers contains lessons 81–100.

Student Book A: Libro de actividades para estudiantes

Here you will find the student materials for lessons 1 -20to supplement Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers.

Student Book B: Libro de actividades para estudiantes

Here you will find the student materials for lessons 21-40 to supplement Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers.

Student Book C: Libro de actividades para estudiantes

Here you will find the student materials for lessons 41–60 to supplement Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers.

Student Book D: Libro de actividades para estudiantes

Here you will find the student materials for lessons 61–80 to supplement Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers.

Student Book E: Libro de actividades para estudiantes

Here you will find the student materials for lessons 81–100 to supplement Lectura Proactiva Para Principiantes: Intensive Small Group Instruction for Spanish Speaking Readers.

Spanish Centers for Reading K-3

Here you will find samples of Spanish reading centers in four of the five reading components to support independent practice for students in bilingual classrooms.

Cuadros Informativos (Informative Squares) Student Sheet

 

Mismo Sonido Final Instructions

 

Mismo Sonido Final Guia 1

 

Cuadros Informativos (Informative Squares) Instructions

 

Mismo Sonido Final Guia 2

 

Mismo Sonido Final Guia 3

 

Mismo Sonido Final Guia 4

 

Mismo Sonido Final Student Sheet

 

Mismo Sonido Final Figuras

 

Descubre lo Esencial (Get the Gist) Student Sheet

 

Descubre lo Esencial (Get the Gist)

 

Semantic Feature Analysis side 1

Side 1 of student recording sheet for Semantic Feature Analysis.

Semantic Feature Analysis side 2

Side 2 of student recording sheet for Semantic Feature Analysis

Semantic Feature Analysis Side 2 Example

Example of how to complete side 2 of Semantic Feature Analysis.

RtI Implementation

Gary Duncan, principal of Martin Walker Elementary, discusses key aspects to consider when implementing response to intervention.

Progress Monitoring

Gary Duncan, principal of Martin Walker Elementary, discusses strategies to support teachers as they monitor their students' progress.

Transcript for Part 1: Advise

 

Transcript for Part 2: Implementation

 

Transcript for Part 4: Progress Monitoring

 

Transcript for Part 3: Scheduling

 

Sílabas, Palabras y Figuras Student Record Sheet

 

Sílabas, Palabras y Figuras Student Cards

 

Sílabas, Palabras y Figuras Instructions

 

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers [4-12]

The Center on Instruction has compiled a set of materials to support adolescent struggling readers. This suite of resources can be located by clicking the link below.

Instructional Routine in Comprehension: Before Reading (Spanish)

The purpose of this activity is to develop comprehension by making predictions with expository texts. It was adapted from the Florida Center for Reading Research http://www.fcrr.org.

Instructional Routine in Comprehension: When and Where Questions (Spanish)

The purpose of this activity is to support comprehension in the early grades by answering lower-level type questions with both expository and narrative texts. It was adapted from the Florida Center for Reading Research http://www.fcrr.org.

Instructional Routine in Comprehension: Why Questions (Spanish)

The purpose of this activity is to support comprehension in the early grades by answering higher-level type questions with both expository and narrative texts. It was adapted from the Florida Center for Reading Research http://www.fcrr.org.

Instructional Routines in Comprehension for Struggling Students (Spanish)

Here you will find three instructional routines to support comprehension instruction in the early grades. The lessons are scripted to support explicit instruction and the transfer of strategies. They were adapted from the Florida Center for Reading Research.

Response to Intervention Classification Tool and Resource Locator (RTI CTRL) [K-12] (For State Education Agencies)

The Center on Instruction has developed this resource to assist State Education Agencies (SEAs) in assessing their State's level of implementation. Additionally, SEAs can find additional resources based on their assessed needs.

Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics:Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle Schools

The goal of this practice guide, published by the Institute for Education Sciences, (IES), is to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations for use by educators addressing the challenge of reducing the number of children who struggle with mathematics by using “response to intervention” (RtI) as a means of both identifying students who need more help and providing these students with high-quality interventions.

A Resource Teacher's Vision on Response to Intervention

In this slideshow, Evelyn Thompson, the 2010 Region 12 Elementary Teacher of the Year, shares her vision on Response to Intervention and describes some of the tools she has used with struggling students.

A Resource Teacher's Vision on Response to Intervention

In this slideshow, Evelyn Thompson, the 2010 Region 12 Elementary Teacher of the Year, shares her vision on Response to Intervention and describes some of the tools she has used with struggling students.

English Language Proficiency Standards

The English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS), as required by 19 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 74, Subchapter A, §74.4, outline English language proficiency level descriptors and student expectations for English language learners (ELLs). School districts are required to implement ELPS as an integral part of each subject in the required curriculum. To learn about the ELPS, visit the TEA website at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/biling/elps.html.

Response to Intervention and English Learners

The Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) has developed this brief to outline how the tiered structure of RTI can be implemented as an effective technique for teaching English learners who are having difficulty making academic progress.

Scaffolding Strategies for Before Reading in Comprehension

This podcast describes three scaffolding options to support comprehension of expository text for emergent readers, based on a research-based model of explicit instruction.

Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds: Key Issues for Decision-makers.

This presentation defines what the U.S. Department of Education means when they talk about RTI and provides specific examples of how Title I, Title III, and CEIS funds may be used to support RTI.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Using ARRA Funds Provided Through Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to Drive School Reform and Improvement

This document, produced by the U.S. Department of Education, provides suggestions on how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds may be used to support IDEA Part B, including an RtI framework.

The 3-Tier Model in Reading Instruction

This video offers examples of effective teaching practices in the five components of reading and illustrates the implementation of the 3-Tier Model in elementary classrooms.

Understanding Response to Intervention

This video illustrates how the Response to Intervention framework can be used as a prevention model in elementary classrooms and also as a data source in the identification of students who struggle in reading.

Effective Tier I Reading Instruction Whole Group

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Effective Tier I Small Group Reading Instruction

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Effective Tier II Small Group Reading Intervention

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Response to Intervention: Reading

This presentation on reading intervention was shared at Region XI - Ft Worth, TX 2008 and includes several video clips.

Understanding Differentiated Instruction

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Response to Intervention: Reading

This presentation on reading intervention was shared at Region XI - Ft Worth, TX 2008 and includes several video clips.

Response to Intervention: Reading

This presentation on reading intervention was shared at Region XI - Ft Worth, TX 2008 and includes several video clips.

Grouping for Instruction Observation Tool

This tool can be used to observe the video "Effective Tier I Reading Instruction Small Group", which is part of the presentation on differentiated instruction available from this website.

Explicit Systematic Instruction Observation Tool

This tool can be used to observe the video "Effective Tier I Reading Instruction Whole Group", which is part of the presentation on differentiated instruction available from this website.

Effective Instruction Walkthrough-Whole Group

 

Effective Instruction Walkthrough-Grouping

 

Effective Instruction Walkthrough-Scaffolding

 

Effective Instruction in Whole Group - Instruction

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Grouping for Efffective Instruction - Instructions

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Scaffolding for Effective Instruction - Instructions

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Commonly Requested Professional Development Topics

This helpful resource is an itemization of professional development requests that were made by the Spotlight 3-Tier campuses to support their implementation efforts.

Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K– 3: From Research to Practice

The Center on Instruction has published this brief on reading interventions for grades Kindergarten through third.