What are the two ways in which Tier 3 instruction differs from that provided in Tiers 1 and …show more content…
Every students progress is monitored and students that need more assistance will move to tier two or three. Tier three is more individualized for each student and focuses on specific skills that need improvement. Tier three also requires frequent progress monitoring as well as using scientifically based interventions. Students in tier three also receive more instructional time and work in smaller group sizes.
What key instructional principles do research-validated reading interventions often include?
There are different components for students to acquire to be competent and fluent readers; phonemic awareness, phonics and word study, reading comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. Phonemic awareness is the ability to understand the sounds in a word. Phonic in word study is similar to phonemic awareness as it requires students to decode sounds in words to pronounce the word. Reading comprehension goes deeper than decoding this words, this requires students to understand the message and intentions of the text. Lastly, fluency is appropriate rate, word identification to read text smoothly to be able to comprehend.
Imagine you are a second-grade teacher. A student in your class, Fatima, is struggling with reading. Fatima is from Egypt. What should you consider before referring her for special education