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Tag: response to intervention
Dyslexia Is Not Real?
I agree with the conclusion of the International Literacy Association in response to the criticisms of the International Dyslexia Association: "In other words, there is no…
RtI Reading Tests and Resources
Teachers buy-in to the value of assessment-based RtI reading tests when the assessments meet seven criteria. Get these FREE comprehensive assessments for site-level Response to Intervention teams…
Assessment-based Re-teaching
Good teachers care more about learning than teaching. If you are willing to re-teach what you've already taught (and not yet taught) this year, check out…
Reading Intervention Program Politics 101
I've learned to take a friendly, but assertive stance with administrators regarding reading intervention programs. The article provides teachers with three practical ideas to apply political…
Pre-teach before Reading Assessments
Good assessments catch students at their best. That's why it makes sense to pre-teach before teachers assess to help students retrieve prior knowledge and get the…
Which High Frequency Words?
First, let's dispel a few notions about how we learn to read. It's not a which came first, the chicken or the egg? question some still…
Reading Fluency Assessment
Wouldn't it be great if you found a two-minute, numbered reading fluency that was leveled, at say first through seventh grade reading levels, did not require…
Phonemic Awareness Assessments
Phonemic Awareness can be assessed and taught to both beginning and remedial reading students with fficient, comprehensive, and accurate whole class (or at least small group)…