This toolkit provides information on how instruction can be intensified when students who are receiving intervention are not making desired growth in Tier 1 and Tier 2 reading instruction. Use of assessments in the intensification process is described, and the “what” and “how” of instructional intensification is presented along a set of lessons and teaching materials.
You will learn:
- How to intensify instruction.
- How to use a specific set of lessons for targeting early reading skills.
- Considerations in the intensification process.
This toolkit includes:
- Intensification Framework
- Intensification Lessons & Teaching Materials
- Supporting Resources
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Instructional Intensification Framework
Learn specific ways to intensify instruction when students are not making desired growth in reading. Download our infographic and brief that detail a framework for intensification and use this toolkit to learn how to intensify instruction for students (with or without dyslexia)*.
*This toolkit provides an online tutorial and supporting resources that can be used to help all students not making making progress in Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction.
This brief and infographic detail the intensification process and describe what and how to teach students who struggle with reading including what to teach and how to teach.
This toolkit provides information about how to intensify instruction for students with dyslexia who are not making progress as readers. You will learn intensification practices that can be used in the context of Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III instruction.
Intensification Lessons for Classroom Use
Use this set of lessons as an example of how early reading instruction may be intensified in your classroom. Download the lessons and watch our training video to learn how to use them to provide explicit and systematic instruction.
This set of lesson and teaching materials, based on principles of intensification, target phonics and early blending skills. These materials are provided as an example of how early reading instruction can be intensified and may or may not address the specific learning needs of your students. The Intensification Lesson Materials include: Teacher Guide, Teacher Flip Chart, and Student Workbook.
Learn how to use the Intensification Lesson Teacher Guide, Teacher Flip Chart, and Student Workbook together to provide explicit and systematic instruction.
Supporting Resources
Learn more about intensifying instruction with these resources.
This page is intended to help educators and other building-based personnel find tools and resources to support students with intensive needs, including students with disabilities and those who have not responded to validated intervention programs delivered with fidelity.
Topic: Interventions, Reading Disabilities
This guide offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement.
Topic: Evidence-based, Interventions
This practice guide provides four evidence-based recommendations that teachers can use to deliver reading interventions to meet the needs of their students.
Topic: Interventions, Reading Disabilities, Adolescent Literacy
This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students' academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.
Topic: Assessments, Reading Disabilities
This publication provides research-based guidance that reflects "best practices" for intensifying instruction in reading and mathematics for students with significant learning difficulties in K-12, including students with disabilities. It can also be used as a resource for instructional specialists and special education teachers who are searching for broad guidelines on the design and delivery of intensive interventions.
Topic: Interventions, Reading Disabilities
This guide assists K-3 teachers in using the Instructional Routines within the Empowering Teachers section of the Florida Center for Reading Research website. The guide describes the Instructional Routines (IRs) and how teachers can use them to differentiate reading instruction in small groups.
Topic: Comprehension, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics
This module, first in a series of two, overviews data-based individualization and provides information about adaptations for intensifying and individualizing instruction. Developed in collaboration with the National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research and the CEEDAR Center, this resource is designed for individuals who will be implementing intensive interventions (e.g., special education teachers, reading specialists, interventionists) (est. completion time: 3 hours).
Topic: Interventions, Reading Disabilities
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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2024 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://www.improvingliteracy.org
