Download or read book RTI Differentiated Reading in the K 8 Classroom written by William N. Bender and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the transition from traditional, whole-group reading instruction to the 21st century classroom by integrating three innovations that will dramatically improve elementary reading instruction: RTI, differentiated instruction, and technology. Detailed explanations, helpful case studies, and recommendations of current technologies bring these ideas to life.
Download or read book The Teaching Revolution written by William N. Bender and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine the school of the future! The Teaching Revolution challenges educators to imagine schools the way they should be, with a "big picture" vision that includes student-driven curricula, interconnectivity, and targeted responsiveness to students′ individual needs. The authors provide a futuristic and provocative discussion on combining three major instructional innovations--RTI, technology, and differentiation. Drawing on the growing 21st-century skills movement, the text engagingly weaves these three areas into a vision for school transformation that includes: Utilizing mobile technologies, Web-based instruction, and social media RTI that benefits all students and whole schools in their improvement efforts Project-based learning focused on answering real-world questions The symbiosis of RTI, technology, and differentiated instruction is so impactful that it will soon dramatically reform teaching. The Teaching Revolution will dare you to dream and guide you through the process of transforming education to become all that you can imagine.
Download or read book Assessment for Reading Instruction Third Edition written by Michael C. McKenna and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Assessment for Reading Instruction, Fourth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4157-7.
Download or read book Making Assessment Matter written by Nonie K. Lesaux and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " All too often, literacy assessments are given only for accountability purposes and fail to be seen as valuable resources for planning and differentiating instruction. This clear, concise book shows K-5 educators how to implement a comprehensive, balanced assessment battery that integrates accountability concerns with data-driven instruction. Teachers learn to use different types of test scores to understand and address students' specific learning needs. The book features an in-depth case example of a diverse elementary school that serves many struggling readers and English language learners. Reproducible planning and progress-monitoring forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. "--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Differentiating Math Instruction K 8 written by William N. Bender and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-time strategies for real-life results! Are you struggling to balance your students’ learning needs with their learning styles? William Bender’s new edition of this teacher favorite is like no other. His is the only book that takes differentiated math instruction well into the twenty-first century, successfully blending the best of what technology has to offer with guidelines for meeting the objectives set forth by the Common Core. Every innovation in math instruction is addressed: Flipping math instruction Project-based learning Using Khan Academy in the classroom Educational gaming Teaching for deeper conceptual understanding
Download or read book Reading Assessment in an RTI Framework written by Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From leading experts, this indispensable resource presents a practical model for conducting reading assessments for screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring in each of the three tiers of response to intervention (RTI). K-8 teachers and school personnel are guided to use norm-referenced, informal, and curriculum-based measures to assess key components of reading development and make informed choices about instruction. The book describes how to survey existing assessment practices in a school and craft a systematic plan for improvement; reproducible tools include a 10-page RTI Assessment Audit that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. See also Assessment for Reading Instruction, Third Edition, which explains the fundamentals of assessment and provides essential hands-on tools.
Download or read book Differentiating Math Instruction written by William N. Bender and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-05-18 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting and unique book presents practical, immediately applicable ideas for differentiating instruction in maths in the elementary classroom. It explains in detail the process of differentiation in maths, beginning with lesson planning, through implementation of a wide variety of research-proven instructional strategies and tactics. The ′Ideas from Teachers′ feature, located in various chapters, includes instructional tactics provided by teachers that exemplify the differentiation process. Also included are the ′To Ten Tactics′ lists which provide simple, immediately applicable tactics that can be easily implemented in almost every classroom.
Download or read book The RTI Daily Planning Book K 6 written by Gretchen Owocki and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RTI Daily Planning Book makes exemplary RTI possible in every classroom. Gretchen Owocki gives specific tools for collecting & assessing reading data and targeted follow-up instruction that are sensible and developmentally sensitive. Her research-based assessment framework shows what to assess, while rubrics, charts, and checklists support ongoing assessment of readers' progress. For intervention, she offers streamlined strategies linked to assessments by an if-then chart as well as ideas for grouping that increase instructional flexibility and avoid interruptions.
Download or read book What Principals Need to Know About Differentiated Instruction written by Gayle Gregory and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principals are instrumental in the teacher’s understanding of a differentiated classroom. This valuable resource gives administrators the knowledge and skills needed to enable teachers to implement and sustain differentiation. Learn information and strategies to jump-start, guide, and coach teachers as they respond to the needs of diverse students, including students with special needs, students with attention deficit disorder, gifted learners, and English learners.
Download or read book Reading Intervention in the Primary Grades written by Heidi Anne E. Mesmer and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and teacher friendly, this book provides a blueprint for planning, delivering, and evaluating small-group interventions for struggling readers in PreK-2. It describes how to set up an efficient response-to-intervention (RTI) system that enhances any reading program already in place in a classroom, and that is fully compatible with the Common Core State Standards. Presented are dozens of easy-to-implement Tier 2 intervention activities in the areas of letter learning, decoding, and fluency, complete with reproducible goal-setting sheets and fidelity checklists. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Download or read book Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas written by Carolyn Chapman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling authors Carolyn Chapman and Rita King provide specific strategies for differentiating writing instruction to help students learn content and develop as writers.
Download or read book How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction Second Edition written by Sharon Walpole and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tens of thousands of K?3 teachers have relied on this book--now revised and expanded with more than 50% new material--to plan and deliver effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a detailed framework for implementing differentiated small-group instruction over multiweek cycles. Each component of the beginning reading program is addressed--phonological awareness, word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes dozens of reproducible lesson plans, instructional activities, assessment forms, and other tools. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition *Differentiation 2.0: the approach has been fine-tuned based on field testing, new research findings, and current standards and response-to-intervention frameworks. *Many additional reproducible tools, such as coaching templates and the Informal Decoding Inventory. *Beyond lesson plans and materials, the second edition offers more guidance for designing instruction and grouping students, making it a one-stop resource. *Reproducible tools now available to download and print.
Download or read book Using RTI to Teach Literacy to Diverse Learners K 8 written by Sheila Alber-Morgan and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering reading and writing, this book provides specific interventions for tiers 1, 2, and 3 within a multi-tier RTI framework so diverse learners can experience successful literacy.
Download or read book What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Reading written by Patricia M. Cunningham and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principals will discover practical strategies for strengthening and improving reading programs using the foundation established by the authors’ six truths of reading instruction. Explore comprehensive, multifaceted instruction techniques, as well as additional steps you can take to support students directly. Identify and troubleshoot problems your teachers may face, and gain valuable approaches to topics such as reading comprehension, vocabulary and literacy, and phonics and fluency.
Download or read book Assessment for Reading Instruction Second Edition written by Michael C. McKenna and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely adopted for course use, this trusted teacher guide combines crucial background knowledge with hands-on tools. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book features more than two dozen reproducibles. It covers all the essentials of planning, administering, scoring, and interpreting a wide range of formal and informal assessments. Helpful examples illustrate effective ways to evaluate K/n-/8 students' strengths and weaknesses in each of the core competencies that good readers need to master. See also Reading Assessment in an RTI Framework, which offers systematic guidance for conducting assessments in all three tiers of RTI.
Download or read book Time for Literacy Centers written by Gretchen Owocki and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a recent survey, 80% of K-3 teachers considered outstanding in literacy instruction reported using literacy centers in their classrooms. Surprised? Gretchen Owocki isn't. She knows that literacy centers are an ideal tool for teachers who seek out opportunities to differentiate their instruction, and in Time for Literacy Centers, she shows you every aspect of using centers successfully. Owocki has thought of everything you need to know to make learning centers happen, from planning to assessment to ensuring that centers help all students meet content and skills standards. Grounded in solid research, yet lively and practical enough to keep on the corner of your desk, Time for Literacy Centers offers explicit, helpful advice on teaching with literacy centers, including: smart suggestions for on-the-spot and preplanned differentiation through centers-including tips for working with special-needs students and English-language learners specific learning and teaching principles that guide and enhance center-based instruction literacy goals for centers that are developmentally appropriate for your students, yet flexible enough to work in grades K-3 ideas for organizing the physical space in your classroom for one or many centers strategies for managing center-based instruction that help even the busiest classrooms run smoothly plans for more than 50 literacy centers with activities and reproducibles that are ready to roll out right away. If you're trying literacy centers for the first time, Time for Literacy Centers gives you plenty of start-to-finish help in getting your centers up and running-and running well. If you're a center veteran, you'll uncover some nitty-gritty details that will help you provide the best individual support for your students as they develop their literacy capabilities.
Download or read book Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities written by William N. Bender and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use the latest research to bring differentiated instruction to today's inclusive classrooms With flipped classrooms, response to intervention, and technology discussed as differentiated instructional tools, this book has it all Teachers need 21st century resources that help them provide high-quality, differentiated instruction for all students. In this new edition of his best-selling resource, William Bender draws on the latest brain research, technology, and educational initiatives to bring a new focus to differentiating instruction in the context of the Common Core State Standards. By weaving together differentiated instruction, Response to Intervention, and educational technology, educators can increase achievement among students with learning disabilities and also foster the development of 21st-century skills. This updated guide offers Specific strategies for differentiating instruction within an RTI framework and in the context of the Common Core State Standards Strategies for using technology to instruct and assess students with learning disabilities Teaching tips and concrete examples of brain-friendly instruction Guidance on a range of supportive instructional techniques Additional strategies based on the latest research in metacognition Up-to-date techniques such as using Khan Academy, flipped classes, and wikis to enhance learning in general and special education settings This new edition of Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities offers the tools and strategies educators need to maximize achievement for all students.
