Chapter 4Interventions

Interventions categorized by skill

For remediation of Reading skills:

Computer Software Small Group/Direct InstructionDestination Reading Language!Headsprout Plato Focus ReadingInteractive Phonics Read 180Lexia Early Reading Read WellOrchard Scott-Foresman Early Reading InterventionPlato Web-Based Learning VoyagerRead Naturally 6 Minute SolutionsSimon SIO

For remediation of Math skills:

Computer Software Small Group/Direct InstructionDestination Math Moving With MathOrchardPlato Web-Based Learning

*Not all programs are available in every RTI School

Intervention Ease of UseThe following table describes the ease of use for the available interventions once it has been “installed or set up” on a computer and the student/teacher has been trained. Interventions must be monitored and troubleshooting computer problems is very time consuming.

For Student For StaffDestinationReading/Math

Easy Easy – except when they need lessons assigned by IM. Has additional materials available

Headsprout Easy Easy – Need to do flash cards and Phonics Readers

Interactive Phonics Easy Easy – Need to read readers and review optional worksheets

Lexia Early Reading Easy Easy after installation

Orchard Easy Easy after installation and assignments have been made

Plato Fair Easy – except when they need lessons assigned

Read Naturally Fair Easy – Need to do “Hot Reading,” raising the level and/or the goal

Scott-Foresman Easy Fair – because of amount of time needed for daily preparation – Teacher directed instruction

Voyager Easy Easy after training – Teacher directed small group instruction

Language! Easy Difficult – Teacher directed instruction

6 Minute Solutions EasyPeer Reading

Once set up, teacher only monitors

Read Well Easy Teacher directed instruction – difficult to train

Read 180 Easy Teacher directed instruction – Time consuming to train

Moving With Math Easy Teacher directed instruction – Fair after training

Simon SIO Fair Computer issues – Easy

Destination ReadingReading Program

Grade Levels: Course I – Grades K – 1 (use with students through 3rd grade)

Course II - Grades 2 – 3 (use with students through 5th grade)

Skills Addressed: Course I – fundamental print concepts, phonics, alphabetic principles, vocabulary,

phonemic awareness, early reading fluency, automatic word recognition, three-letter words, comprehension strategies, informational text, narrative fiction

Course II – elements of fiction, comprehension, elements of nonfiction, advanced phonics, early grammar, word study, reading for task-related purposes

Materials: Worksheets available for certain lessons Tests can be assigned at the end of units Program can prescribe additional activities based upon test scores

Reports: Lists complete/incomplete/current assignments Gives the % completed of each assignment Lists the amount of time student was on task Provides the date the student completes assignment

Type of Program: Server-Based

Destination MathMath Program

Grade Levels: Course I – Grades K – 1 (can use with students through 2nd grade)

Course II - Grades 2 – 3 (can use with students through 5th grade)

Course III – Grades 4 – 6 (can use with students through middle school)

Skills Addressed: Course I – numeration to 100, addition, subtraction, shapes, patterns, graphs, time,

money, and measurement

Course II – numeration to 1000, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, beginning fractions, place value, geometry, algebraic thinking, time, money, and temperature

Course III - number sense, operations with numbers, fractions, decimals, geometry, and probability

Materials: Worksheets are available for certain lessons Tests can be assigned for end of units Program can prescribe additional activities based upon test score

Reports: Lists complete/incomplete/current assignments Gives the % completed of assignments Lists the amount of time student was on task Provides the date the student completes assignment

Type of Program: Server-based

HeadsproutReading Program

Grade Levels: K through 2nd grade

Skills Addressed – 80 lessons Phonics/Decoding Sight vocabulary Reading fluency Comprehension Connecting text and fluency

Materials: Headsprout Readers Companion Readers Read With Me Stories Flash cards

Reports: Individual student reports include:

1) Completed Episode Performance Summary Report which includes the date of completion, percent correct on sight words, and skills and strategies encountered in that lesson, and

2) Scope and Sequence Placement Report which includes the current placement, reading skills mastered, reading skills in progress, and summary of overall performance.

Group reports are also available

Type of Program: Web – based

Interactive PhonicsReading Program

Grade Levels: K – 2

Skills Addressed: Phonemic awareness Reading fluency Spelling Decoding Vocabulary High frequency words

Materials: Stage A – Lessons 1 – 36 Stage B – Lessons 36 – 72 Phonics Readers accompany each lesson Flash Cards Students may record themselves reading the story Teacher can listen to the recording at a later time Worksheets for each lesson are available if requested Placement Test

Reports: Assessment Log includes the number and title of each reader that has been completed, the

date and score of the word challenge, scores for the decodable and high-frequency words, and failing scores of 73% or less must be repeated.

Type of Program: Stand-alone software program. Student must use the CD in the same computer each time

so the management system can track the progress.

Language!Reading Program

Grade Levels: 4 – 12

Skills Addressed: Each 90 minute lesson consists of six steps: Phonemic awareness and phonics Word recognition and spelling Vocabulary and morphology Grammar and usage Listening and reading comprehension Speaking and writing

Materials: Teacher Edition Student Text and Workbook Assessment Materials (Placement, Content Mastery, Summary Tests) Teacher Resource Kit (CDs for planning, transparencies, and templates, etc.) Technology Tools (CDs for Lesson plans, Words for Teachers, eReader, and Sortegories)

Reports: Online assessment system available for purchase

Type of Program: Direct Instruction

Lexia Early ReadingReading Program:

Grade Levels: Pre-K to 2

Skills Addressed: Level 1: increase phonological awareness skills Rhyming, recognition of initial and final sounds, segmentation, and blending

Level 2: Introduces basic sound/symbol correspondence and listening skills for beginning and ending sounds

Consonants, short vowels, and consonant digraphs

Materials: None

Reports: Student Reports, usage reports, task progress reports, and class reports can be accessed

through administrative section. Bar graphs, i-button use reports and current unit snapshots can be accessed through

student learning activity screen.

Type of Program: Server based Installation disk is required to load on each computer to enable ability to connect to the

server.

Moving With MathMath Program

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th and 5th

Skills Covered: Numeration Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Rational Numbers Geometry Measurement Problem Solving

Materials: Class Kit includes:

Teacher Manual which provides lesson plan format with scripted lesson plans, pacing chart, and daily review skills

Student Activity Books – program moves from the concrete to the abstract learning Manipulatives Games Reproducible Activity Sheets Parent Handbooks Pre- and Post-Tests

Reports (Accessed through the web-site): Reports showing class and students’ strengths and weaknesses School, Classroom and Individual Student Reports by program objectives

Type of Program: Direct Instruction

Orchard Skill Trees Reading Program(includes 17 skill trees)

Grade Levels: PreK – 2nd

Skills Addressed: Phonemic Awareness (consonants, short and long vowels, consonant diagraphs and

blends, vowel diagraphs and blends, vowel diagraphs and diphthongs, r-controlled vowels)

Phonics Sequences (short vowels, sight words, matching words and sentences to pictures, double vowels, silent letters and soft g and c, diagraphs and endings, multiple syllables)

Vocabulary Builder (oral and visual word recognition, fluency, lexical retrieval, decoding)

Motivational/Reward Games consisting of the same activities but presented in a different format

Materials: None

Reports: Student Skill Tree Progress Report (summary by skill tree includes date and time on task,

and percentile correct) Student Assignment Report (summary by skill tree includes dates assigned and

completed) Parent Report Student Demographic profile

Type of Program: Server-based on WAN (wide area network) Installation disk required on each computer to enable ability to connect to the server Runs on Windows

Orchard Skill Trees Math Program(includes 17 skill trees)

Grade Levels: K – 5

Skills Addressed: Number Sense (skip counting, ordering and comparing numbers, estimating, rounding,

number line, place value) Numeration (addition and subtraction, regrouping, mental math and basic operations) Number Facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division – beginning to

advanced) Whole Numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division – beginning to

advanced) Motivational/Reward Games consisting of the same activities but presented in a different

format

Materials: None

Reports: Student Skill Tree Progress Report (summary by skill tree includes date and time on task,

and percentile correct) Student Assignment Report (summary by skill tree includes dates assigned and

completed) Parent Report Student Demographic profile

Type of Program: Server-based on WAN (wide area network) Installation disk required on each computer to enable ability to connect to the server Runs on Windows

Plato Focus Reading and Language ProgramReading Program

Grade Levels: K – 2

Skills Addressed: Speaking Reading Writing Spelling Social Skills

Materials: 45 Unit folders Teaching Guide/Lesson Plan Print Lessons Computer Software component available

Reports: Software provides individual and class reports

Type of Program: Direct Instruction Computer Software available

Plato Web-Based Learning Reading ProgramGrade Levels: All

Skills Addressed: Multiple skills appropriate for each grade level

Materials: None

Reports: Reports for scores, time-on-task, and dates the lessons were started and date completed Reports for the time spent on tutorials, practices, and quizzes

Type of Program: Web – based

Plato Web-Based Learning Math ProgramGrade Levels: All

Skills Addressed: Multiple skills appropriate for each grade level

Materials: None

Reports: Reports include scores, time-on-task, and dates the lessons were started and dates

completed Reports for time spent on tutorials, practices, and quizzes

Type of Program: Web-based

Read 180Reading Program

Grade Levels: 4th through high school

Skills Addressed (90 minutes lesson): Reading fluency Vocabulary Text Comprehension Spelling Writing

Materials: Software High Interest Literature Interactive Work texts Audio Books Anchor DVD Core Materials for Differentiated Instruction

Reports: Teacher Reports Student Reports Parent Reports

Type of Program: Direct Instruction

Read NaturallyReading Program designed for readers that read haltingly, word by word, are uncertain about sight words, ignore punctuation, and are not fluent readers. Student needs to be able to read at least 50 sight words.

Grade Levels: 1.0 - 4.0

Skills Addressed: Reading Fluency Comprehension Vocabulary

Materials: None

Reports: Stories Graph Detailed Story Results Periodic Student Reports (for parents) Story Details Report Level Details Report Needs-at-a-Glance (for students) Scores Summary Report

Type of Program: Server-Based

Read WellReading Program

Grade Levels: K – 3

Skills Addressed: Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Fluency Comprehension Strategies

Materials: Teacher’s Guide Blackline Master Sets Assessment Manual and Getting Started Program Guide Cards and Posters Storybooks, Exercise books, and Decoding books Workbooks Magazines CD of songs

Reports: None available

Type of Program: Direct Instruction

Scott Foresman Early Reading InterventionReading Program:

126 lessons Two 15-minute daily lessons – each lesson consists of 7 activities which are 3 – 5

minutes in length

Grade Levels: K – 2

Skills Addressed: Part 1: Learning letter names and sounds Identifying first and last sounds Part 2: Segmenting and blending sounds in words, Integrating sounds and letters Part 3: Reading words Part 4: Reading sentences

Materials: Teacher’s Guide Teacher Resource Package Assessment Handbook Student storybooks Write-on/wipe-off cards Manipulatives

Type of Program: Direct Instruction

Simon SIOReading Program

Grade Levels: 1 – 5 if student needs beginning reading skills

Skills Addressed: Beginning and ending sounds High-frequency words Word families

Materials: Software CD Practice pages may be printed by students at the end of each lesson Flash cards and sentence strips are available in the software guide

Reports: Progress Reports include the number of sessions, but not the time spent on the program

Type of Program: Stand-alone software program – Student must use the same computer each time so the

management system can track the progress.

6 Minute SolutionsReading Program

Grade Levels: 3 - 8

Skills Addressed: Reading Fluency (Includes 160 nonfiction passages – 25 passages for each grade level of

1 – 8)

Materials: Books containing assessment records and tools Reproducible charts to monitor progress Automatic Word Lists Tiered Reading Passages (first through eighth so that practice can be individualized for

all abilities and levels)

Reports: Reproducible charts available to monitor progress San Diego Quick Assessment of Reading Ability to determine correct instructional level

Type of Program: Peer Partners

VoyagerReading Program

Grade Levels: K – 3

Skills Addressed – 130 lessons (13 thematic units with 10 lessons per unit) K – Phonemic Awareness / Phonics

Sentence and Story tellingFluencyVocabularyListening Comprehension

1st – Phonemic Awareness / PhonicsReading ComprehensionFluencyVocabulary

2nd – PhonicsNarrative and Expository Passage ReadingVocabularyExplicit Comprehension StrategiesFluency

3rd – Integrated Vocabulary and Advanced Word StudyNarrative and Expository Passage ReadingExplicit Comprehension StrategiesTest Taking Preparation and StrategiesFluency

Materials: Training Kit Teacher Resource Pack Student Resource Pack

Reports: Accessed through internet site: Vital Indicators of Progress Reports Daily Teacher Reports/Graphs Progress Monitoring every 5 lessons

Type of Program: Direct Instruction