RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers
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A "strategy bank" for secondary teachers
While planning lessons, many teachers wonder, "If I try this, will it work?" "Will I lose ground in teaching the concept?" "Will it help my students make the grade, pass the state tests, or get into college?"
Teachers want solutions, not theory. This book offers a bank of proven RTI strategies for Grades 6–12 that will elevate test scores and improve student achievement for all students, not just struggling learners. The author explains how RTI fits into secondary education and applies it to math, reading comprehension, writing, and more. She summarizes Tiers One, Two, and Three in teacher-friendly language and includes
- Easy-to-implement and practical interventions
- Sample lesson plans and visual models
- Examples of how to address budgeting, staffing, performance, and student culture constraints
The grouping strategies included in each lesson plan improve students' social skills and, in concert with other circumstances, can reduce referrals to special education. RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers will help teachers take their instruction up a notch in every classroom and reduce stress in the process.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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
9. Concluding Thoughts
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
A "strategy bank" for secondary teachers
While planning lessons, many teachers wonder, "If I try this, will it work?" "Will I lose ground in teaching the concept?" "Will it help my students make the grade, pass the state tests, or get into college?"
Teachers want solutions, not theory. This book offers a bank of proven RTI strategies for Grades 6–12 that will elevate test scores and improve student achievement for all students, not just struggling learners. The author explains how RTI fits into secondary education and applies it to math, reading comprehension, writing, and more. She summarizes Tiers One, Two, and Three in teacher-friendly language and includes
- Easy-to-implement and practical interventions
- Sample lesson plans and visual models
- Examples of how to address budgeting, staffing, performance, and student culture constraints
The grouping strategies included in each lesson plan improve students' social skills and, in concert with other circumstances, can reduce referrals to special education. RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers will help teachers take their instruction up a notch in every classroom and reduce stress in the process.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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
9. Concluding Thoughts
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
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September 2011 | 216 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412992220 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452269320 | $35.00 |
A "strategy bank" for secondary teachers
While planning lessons, many teachers wonder, "If I try this, will it work?" "Will I lose ground in teaching the concept?" "Will it help my students make the grade, pass the state tests, or get into college?"
Teachers want solutions, not theory. This book offers a bank of proven RTI strategies for Grades 6–12 that will elevate test scores and improve student achievement for all students, not just struggling learners. The author explains how RTI fits into secondary education and applies it to math, reading comprehension, writing, and more. She summarizes Tiers One, Two, and Three in teacher-friendly language and includes
- Easy-to-implement and practical interventions
- Sample lesson plans and visual models
- Examples of how to address budgeting, staffing, performance, and student culture constraints
The grouping strategies included in each lesson plan improve students' social skills and, in concert with other circumstances, can reduce referrals to special education. RTI Strategies for Secondary Teachers will help teachers take their instruction up a notch in every classroom and reduce stress in the process.
Table Of Contents:
- 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