Week 4 Assignment #1

In the article, "Response to Intervention (RTI): idea of intervention was introduced.  Students with learning disabilities need RTI to help them learn and succeed.  RTI includes discrepancy model, intervention, level date, slope date, student progress monitoring and literacy screening.  

There are three tier frameworks in this approach:

TIER ONE (80-85%)

All students receive this quality instruction. This instruction includes literacy instruction and phonics instruction for reading. If students aren’t successful and cannot keep up with the general classroom, teachers will evaluate and move them to:
TIER TWO(15%)

In this tier, a teacher, team member or specialist are involved. Differentiated instruction is given in small group of students within or out of the classroom. Teacher will usually involve parents and see how they should be referred.

They also participate in tier one instruction although he or she is receiving tier two instruction.

TIER THREE (5%)

In this tier, intense instruction is provided. Size of students group are reduced. Some students go on receive special ed services.

Teachers have great materials and technology that they incorporate into the intervention. Such as, erasable cards, decodable books, games, cd’s and different computer software’s.

Teachers need to constantly evaluate and assess students to make sure no student falls between the cracks!!

In general, reading and comprehension is so important. Students need to understand decoding and phonics and hopefully be able to reach their goals!!

I still don’t understand; how can students really understand and grasp the decoding and phonics skills if they fall under the category of special need children? If I child is really suffering and has learning disabilities and they are part of tier one, wont this make them fall behind?