RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Introduction: Why This Book This Way? 2. A Snapshot of the Response to Intervention Process The Three Tiers (Sometimes Four) Tier One Tier Two Tier Three How does RTI fit into a secondary education model? General Education Versus Special Education and Responsible Inclusion Assessment? Well, I Quiz Every Friday. . . Research-Based Strategies Incorporated in This Book All right! If I have to do this, what do I really have to do? And how? Lesson Plan Application to Response to Intervention Tiers Options for Determining Which Students Should Be in Which Groups 3. Vocabulary Intervention Strategies Use Vocabulary Mapping to Acquire New Vocabulary Signing as an Intervention Strategy Additional Vocabulary Interventions Additional Nonlinguistic Interventions Combining Verbal Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Strategies: Practice Strategies for Tiers One, Two, and Three: 4. Reading Comprehension Intervention Strategies Somebody-Wanted-But-So Summary Strategy Reading Comprehension Intervention: Reciprocal Teaching Picture Books: A Secondary Reading Intervention Figurative Language Higher-Order Comprehension Additional Interventions for Reading Comprehension 5. Writing Intervention Strategies Writing Paragraphs: Grouping and Organizing Information Use Clustering to Organize Writing 6. Math Intervention Strategies Model and Solve Equations Using Manipulatives Multiplication of Fractions Using Manipulatives Graphing Lesson Plan Math Vocabulary Declutter the Math 7. Cross-Curricular Interventions for Higher-Order Thinking and Recall Mind Mapping, Graphic Roadmaps, and Visual Organizers Strategy to Remember Sequences Additional Nonlinguistic Interventions: Graphic Notes Group and Classify Information to Enhance Long-Term Memory Analogies Additional Interventions for Increasing Recall and Recognition Identify Similarities and Differences Teaching Summarizing Skills: Delete-Substitute-Keep 8. Fitzell Acceleration Centers as an RTI Strategy Acceleration Centers: A Better Alternative Addressing the Challenges of Implementing Fitzell Acceleration Centers Acceleration Center Flowchart Acceleration Center Instructions Acceleration Center Components Keep Inventory Tips for Successful Acceleration Centers 9. Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Index