Instruction and Intervention Elementary Resources

Tools and Resources to Support Implementation of Response to Intervention

Tools and Resources to Support Implementation of Response to Intervention

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.

The National Mathematics Panel: Implications for Policy and Practice

This presentation by Dr. Russell Gersten was shared at the Building RTI Capacity: Summer 2008 Institute - Austin, TX 2008.

How Can Educators Collaborate to Support Student Success When Implementing Response to Intervention?

This presentation on collaboration was shared at the 2008 Response to Intervention Conference, Region I - Edinburg, TX 2008. Please visit related content for the collaboration tool used during this presentation.

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.

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.

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.

Early Mathematics Intervention

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

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.

Teaching Reading to Spanish-Speaking Students

This lecture was presented to a graduate class in the Department of Special Education in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Response to Intervention: Reading

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

Differentiated Instruction

How does small group reading instruction in Tier I differ from small group reading instruction in Tier II?

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.

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making

This practice guide was released by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance at the Institute for Education Sciences. It provides a framework for using student achievement data to support instructional decision making, including how to adapt lessons or assignments in response to students' needs, and how to alter classroom goals or objectives or modify student-grouping arrangements.

Collaborative Instructional Log for students with IEPs who are receiving intervention

National Reading First has developed this tool to manage information regarding specific intervention that is provided to students with IEPs.