• IRIS Center
Careers at IRIS
Donate to IRIS
  • Resources
    • IRIS Resource Locator
      Modules, case studies, activities, & more
    • Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
      Research annotations
    • High-Leverage Practices
      IRIS resources on HLPs
    • IRIS Alignment Tools
      HLPs, SiMRs, & CEEDAR ICs
    • Films
      Portrayals of people with disabilities
    • Children's Books
      Portrayals of people with disabilities
    • For Faculty
      Sample syllabi, curriculum matrices, & more
    • For PD Providers
      Sample PD activities, planning forms, & more
    • For Independent Learners
      Resources & tools for independent learners
    • Website Navigation Videos
      Getting around our Website & modules
    • New & Coming Soon
      Latest modules & resources
    • Glossary
      Disability related terms
  • PD Options
    • PD Certificates for Educators
      Our certificate, your PD hours
    • For PD Providers
      Sample PD activities, planning forms, & more
    • School & District Platform
      A powerful tool for school leaders
    • Log in to Your IRIS PD
  • Articles & Reports
    • Articles
      Articles about IRIS use & efficacy
    • Internal IRIS Reports
      Reports on IRIS use & accomplishments
    • External Evaluation Reports
      Evaluations of the IRIS Center
    • Learner Outcomes
      Summaries of module effectiveness
    • Consumer Satisfaction
      Feedback and testimonials from IRIS users
    • IRIS Stories
      Our resources, your stories
    • News & Events
      What, when, & where it's happening
  • About
    • Who We Are
      Our team, experts, & advisors
    • What We Do
      Our resources & process
    • Contact Us
      Get in touch with IRIS
  • Help
    • Help & Support
      Get the full benefit from our resources
    • Website Navigation Videos
      Getting around our Website & modules
  • Module
  • Challenge
  • Initial Thoughts
  • Perspectives & Resources
  • Wrap Up
  • Assessment
Challenge
Initial Thoughts
Perspectives & Resources

What is RTI?

  • Page 1: A Quick Overview of RTI

How can teachers increase student reading success in early grades?

  • Page 2: High-Quality Instruction: Instructional Practices
  • Page 3: High-Quality Instruction: Comprehensive Core Reading Program

What components comprise high-quality reading instruction?

  • Page 4: Phonemic Awareness
  • Page 5: Phonics and Word Study
  • Page 6: Fluency
  • Page 7: Vocabulary
  • Page 8: Reading Comprehension
  • Page 9: Considerations for English Language Learners

How is high-quality instruction integrated into the RTI approach?

  • Page 10: Effective Instruction at Tier 1
  • Page 11: Effective Instruction at Tier 2
  • Page 12: Effective Instruction at Tier 3

Resources

  • Page 13: References & Additional Resources
  • Page 14: Credits
Wrap Up
Assessment
We want to hear from you. Please complete our brief Module Feedback Form.

RTI (Part 3): Reading Instruction

Challenge

View the movie below and then proceed to the Initial Thoughts section (time: 1:33).

/wp-content/uploads/module_media/rti03_reading_media/movies/rti03_challenge.mp4

View Transcript

Transcript: Challenge

Narrator: A first-grade teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School is working with two of his students. Listen as they each read the same passage aloud. Here’s the first reader.

Fluent Reader: “Claire likes soccer. She finds a soccer ball. She wants to play soccer. But where is Jim? Claire sees her other friends. They put up a goal net. But where is Jim? Claire looks up and down the street. She looks in the tree house.”

Narrator: Now listen to the second reader.

Nonfluent reader: (Reading slowly and stumbling over words) “Claire likes soccer. She finds a soccer ball.”

Narrator: The teacher observes that one student is reading on grade level, while the other student is not. He worries the struggling reader is going to fall further behind because the curriculum in upper grades relies more heavily on independent reading skills. As Rosa Parks Elementary implements RTI, the teacher wonders how the approach will help his struggling readers improve their reading skills while also serving the needs of all students. In addition, the teacher considers how the new approach will affect the type of instruction he currently provides.

Here’s your Challenge:

What is RTI?

How can teachers increase student reading success in early grades?

What components comprise high-quality reading instruction?

How is high-quality instruction integrated into the RTI approach?

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Back Next
Join Our E-Newsletter Sign Up
  • Home
  • About IRIS
  • Our Values
  • Sitemap
  • Web Accessibility
  • Glossary
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
Join Our E-Newsletter Sign Up

The IRIS Center Peabody College Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37203 [email protected] The IRIS Center is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Grant #H325E220001. The contents of this Website do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Sarah Allen.

Copyright 2023 Vanderbilt University. All rights reserved.

* For refund and privacy policy information visit our Help & Support page.

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

  • Vanderbilt Peabody College