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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
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Page 14: Credits

To cite this module, please use the following:

The IRIS Center. (2006).  RTI (part 3): Reading instruction. Retrieved from  https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti03-reading/

References

Content Experts:

Doug Fuchs
Lynn Fuchs
Sharon Vaughn
Thea Woodruff

Module Developers:

Zina Yzquierdo
Susan Flippin

Module Development Team:

Janice Brown
Inge Poole
Kim Rodriguez
Kim Skow
Deb Smith
Alicia Stark
Naomi Tyler

Editor:
Jason Miller
Erin Spinka

Reviewers:
Doug Fuchs
Lynn Fuchs
Donna Parker
Deb Smith
Kathy Strunk
Naomi Tyler
Sharon Vaughn
Thea Woodruff

Permissions:
Janet Church

Transcriptions:
Janet Church
Deana Deck
Pamela Dismuke

Project Assistance:
Deana Deck

Audio engineers:
Tim Altman
Erik Dunton
Jason Phelan

Media specialist/technical support:
Erik Dunton
Jason Phelan

Web master:
John Harwood

Media

Illustrator:
Kerri Charlton
Jason Phelan

Graphics:
Erik Dunton
Jason Phelan

Narration:
Tim Altman

Audio:
“Fluent reader” courtesy of Kyra Tyler
“Nonfluent reader” courtesy of Stuart McLean

Film Clips:
Texas Teacher Reading Academies
Public Broadcasting System
Texas Education Agency (TEA) and University of Texas at Austin and the Vaughn Gross Center (VGC)

Graphics:
Microsoft Clipart
iStockPhoto

Photos:
“Leonard Baca” courtesy of Leonard Baca
“Lynn Fuchs” courtesy of Lynn Fuchs
“Sharon Vaughn” courtesy of Sharon Vaughn

Photos of module experts are courtesy themselves. All other media and images are courtesy the IRIS Center.

Expert Interviews:

Leonard Baca (p. 9)
Lynn Fuchs (p. 10)
Sharon Vaughn (p. 12)
Thea Woodruff (pp. 2, 11)

Acknowledgement:

This module was developed in collaboration with the Tennessee State Improvement Grant and the Tennessee Department of Education.

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