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Features of Effective Instruction (PDF of presentation)
Description of several effective practices, including explicit, systematic instruction; multiple practice opportunities; and immediate feedback.
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Change: The Dynamic Force, Laying a Foundation by Implementing Best Practices in a School-Wide Program (PDF of presentation)
Presentation by Yassmin Lee and staff from Rosemont MS on planning and campus implementation of RTI at a Fort Worth middle school. (2009)
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Effective Instruction, Reflection Activity: Improving My Teaching
Provides tool for teachers to reflect on and plan next steps for improving their literacy instruction. Has teachers consider multiple instructional dimensions, including the five reading components, writing, scaffolding, effective instructional features, differentiation, and progress monitoring.
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Effective Instruction: Grouping for Instruction
Guidelines for using various grouping formats, including whole group, teacher-led small groups, partners, and cooperative groups. Includes suggestions for managing groups and a reflection activity for teachers.
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Effective Instruction, Reflection Activity: Grouping Formats
Activity for teachers to reflect on and plan their use of different grouping formats for instructional purposes.
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RTI Leadership Summit 2009 – Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA; PDF of presentation)
2009 presentation of research findings behind assessments and interventions in the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA).
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Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised), Presentation slides (PDF of presentation)
Presentation slides to support the use of Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised), a professional development guide that provides in-depth background knowledge about adolescent literacy, specifically related to struggling readers and writers.
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