RTI Strategies

Reading strategies

Keywords, A Memorization Strategy

• Have students:
• Highlight important terms and ideas in a passage, then write a sentence summarizing each idea
• Select a key word that will help them remember the main idea
• Create a mental picture with the keywords of the passage

Choral reading

• This requires repeated readings of a particular passage, giving practice in oral reading
• Students may read lines of a passage, song, or poem alone, with a partner, or in unison
• Teacher also reads to help set the pace and model proper pronounciation

Error correction: word supply

• Tell students if they come across a word they do not know that you will tell them the correct one
• When a student incorrectly pronounces a word, immediately tell them the correct word and have them repeat the word
• Do not correct minor errors
• This assists with reading fluency

Math strategies

Using Question-Answer Relationships to Interpret MathGraphics

• Have students apply question-answer relationships as a tool for analyzing math graphics in applied math problems, there are four types of questions:
• RIGHT THERE questions are fact based and can be found in a single sentence
• THINK AND SEARCH questions require scanning of the text and making connections
• AUTHOR AND YOU questions combine what they read with their own life
• ON MY OWN questions are based solely on the student

Math fact fluency

• Students will receive a worksheet focusing on the type of math they are working on and write their name/date
• A timer will be set for two minutes, students will stop working after two minutes is complete and then score their sheets using a key or the teacher's help
• Students will count how many they got correct, write it at the top of their sheet, and write it on a monitoring chart as well to track their own progress

Math word problem intervention

• After being given a worksheet with multiple word problems students will be asked to circle what's unknown, underline what's known, write the operations next to the problem, and write the problem, answer, and label the answer
• After working on the problem themselves, students will consult with a peer to explain how they came to their answer and switch
• After completing all of the problems with the above instructions, students will score each other's papers and correct their missed problems

Behavior Strategies

Stop and think

• This would be used for students who have difficulties with unstructured situations and need visual cues to engage in the appropriate behaviors
• Give the student a time to get to know what cues you are going to use to signal the phrases "Stop, think, and what are you going to do?"
• In situations needed, the teacher can get the student's attention and use these cues which will usually result in the student making the right decision to which you will praise them for
• Teachers can also make a board with drawings to symbolize each phrase for the student to keep

Future educator

Future Educator

• As a future educator it's important to understand and get to know the wide variety of RTI strategies that are out there to use with students. Having knowledge of as many strategies as possible will definitely allow me to better find strategies that suit each student I'm working with or a class as a whole. It's important to understand which strategies will assist certain areas of learning because some may be more broad than others.