Week 6

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.