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to Intervention (RtI) is the practice of providing high quality instruction and interventions that are matched to student needs and monitored on a frequent basis. This information is used to make decisions regarding a student's educational program. The goal is to prevent problems and intervene early so that all students can be successful.
RtI focuses on high quality instruction and intervention for all our students. RtI has three tiers that build upon one another. Each tier provides increasing levels of support. After assessing our students using Dibels.next and other data sources, we evaluate whether or not an individual student needs additional support. Below is a explanation showing the increasing levels of support .
Tier 3 Intervention
Tier 3 intervention involves more individualized and intensive intervention for students to meet grade level goals. As estimated 1-5% of students will need this level of support in addition to Tier 1 instruction.
Tier 2 Intervention
An estimated 15-19% of students may need additional, targeted intervention within Tier 2, in addition to the Tier 1 core instruction, in order to meet grade-level expectations
Tier 1 Instruction
Tier 1 is high quality instruction of the core curriculum that all students receive in their room. Tier 1 alone is expected to sufficiently meet the needs of at least 80% of students.
Enrichment: Beyond Tier 1 - These students are on pace with their grade level but would benefit from support in certain reading areas. These are mostly classroom teachers working with larger groups of students in a specific area of need like phonics, fluency, accuracy, and/or comprehension. Though most grade levels are regrouping their children to really target instruction, third grade is keeping their own students for the first cycle and working on targeted skills in their classrooms. Teachers are working collaboratively across and within grade levels to accommodate their learners when regrouping occurs.
Extension: Beyond Tier 1 - Instruction is designed for students who need to expand their knowledge and depth of understanding through broadening their comprehension and other reading skills. These students are working above grade level but need to learn to use higherlevel reading skills like inferring, synthesizing, compare and contrasting, summarizing, to
Accuracy- In oral reading, the percentage of words the child reads aloud correctly.
Decoding- Using letter-sound relationships to translate a word from a series of symbols to a unit of meaning.
Final Thoughts
Please ask your childs teacher if you have any questions. They are planning lessons daily to meet the needs of your child in the core curriculum and know your child well. We are working together to deliver Best Fit instruction. I would be happy to answer any other questions you might have! Mrs. Taggart 944-8901 or taggartm@salineschools.org
Look for me at Conferences with a reading information booth! Please checkout our website and look for our new parent information corner right outside the office.
Thanks for coming tonight!