My experience with the Wolfpack Readers program was the most eye opening aspect to intervention for me. I now have a deeper understanding of the progression of intervention and can share it with others. Throughout these courses I learned the importance of collecting multiple data points, assessing in different areas, how skills build upon one another, and how to lead effective and efficient small group intervention blocks. The following two resources are quality guides to performing diagnostic testing on students. Utilizing the assessments in these resources will allow educators to determine the specific areas of concerns and what skills they should be targeting first. Once data has been gathered it can be compiled in a reader profile report where skills can be compared to one another, interpreted, and action steps for the student can be determined. This would be extremely beneficial for the teacher to share with the student's parent.
Analytical Reading Inventory
Woods, M. L. (2015). Analytical reading inventory: Comprehensive standards-based assessment for all students including gifted and remedial. Boston: Pearson. |
Assessment for Reading Instruction
McKenna, M. C. (2015). Assessment for reading instruction. New York, NY: Guilford. |
These "Must Do's" that I created are a reminder of the non-negotiable aspects of intervention. These rules need to be maintained in order to support and help students grow throughout the intervention process.
The Breaking Words small group table. In this intervention station students can read words, identify syllables, mark junctures, cut up & scramble, and add prefixes and suffixes to words.
|
During intervention students can work on a iPad or similar device to target skills such as sight words, fluency, and comprehension.
|
It is important to remember student choice and interest when intervening. Students can work on comprehension and fluency skills that are on a topic of their choosing.
|