Assignment
Assuming Mary is in your class, what kind of in-class
instructional intervention you will design to focus on the Mary’s strengths
while addressing possible areas of need. Describe in details on the following
1.
Instructional focus
based on the assessment results
2.
Length of Intervention
(How many weeks? Daily lessons? How long is the lesson while maintaining the
rest of your class?)
3.
Intervention structure
(intervention components, such as repeated reading, decoding, encoding,
expository structure and details, writing…)
4.
Create one sample
mini-lesson that addresses Mary’s areas of need.
The assessment results indicate that Mary is in the 3rd
grade reading at the 2nd grade instructional level. She was able to retell some
parts of the story, but she left out some important details. This may indicate
that Mary can read at the 2nd grade level, but may not understand structure of
paragraphs in expositions.
Some techniques that could help Mary...
1.) Making sure Mary understands the concept Questions before
reading the passage. The teacher could add to Mary's answers and explain the
concept questions in more detail (this may help Mary when she is reading the
passage and also retelling and comprehending what she just read).
2.) Passages with pictures. If the passage had pictures that
Mary could refer back to may help Mary remember what she read.
Mary's Intervention
Should be daily intense lessons with an reading teacher. She is
not too far behind so if she gets the help she needs now she can catch up and
not fall behind. The reading teacher should use different techniques with Mary
to help her comprehension skills and recalling the texts. I would also work
with Mary in small groups in the classroom as well. Contently asking Mary
questions about the passages that were just read. I also would have Mary
practice reading texts that she is more familiar with...this will allow her to
practice comprehending a topic she can relate to.
MINI lesson
I could have Mary work in a small group with me. I would have
her read the title of the passage and tell me all the things that come to her
mind and what she thinks the story is about. Then I would ask her some concept
questions before reading the story. I would have Mary also add on to what the
other children in her group think the story is about and their answers to the
concept questions. Once I feel that Mary has a good understanding of the story
I would have Mary read the passage out loud and have her underline the important
details in the story. Then I would have the children and Mary read and explain
why they chose to underlined the sections they did. After discussing this I
would have Mary tell me what the story is about. I think this constant
repetition and practicing of retelling would help Mary catch up in know
time.
