RtI Adjustment Strategies Guide

 

Student

Basic

Instruction

Moderate

  Curriculum

Intense

 

*     Match instructional materials

and instructional level

 

*     Increase/decrease time on

task, task comprehension, and task completion

 

*     Adjust behavioral strategies

 

*      Increase motivation related

to performance

 

*     Student graphs own data (e.g., oral reading fluency, math fact drills, assessment scores)

 

*     Teach student to self monitor

(Self correct mistakes)  

 

*     Adjust location/timing of

assessment or instruction

 

*     Teach organizational skills

 

*      Reinforce studentsŐ good

work habits

 

*     Highlight key words

 

*     Practice sight words / math facts on cards, if appropriate

 

*     Practice nightly with reading

passages

*    Practice rote skills daily (e.g., math facts, computation algorithms)

 

*    Keep journals (e.g., document conceptual understandings in math, recap learning for the day using writing skills)

 

 

 

 

*     Increase direct instruction time

 

*     Teach learning strategies

 

*     Increase engaged academic time with adult

 

*     Modify task structure (e.g., directions)

 

*     Increase guided and independent practice

 

*     Increase opportunities to engage in active or multi-sensory responding (e.g., writing, reading aloud, answering orally, physically manipulating, Total Physical Response)

 

*     Modify amount and types of cues and prompts

 

*     Increase amount and type of corrective feedback

 

*     Adult reads orally to student

 

*     Add written directions to verbal directions

 

*     Use timed drills (e.g., reading fluency, math fact drills)

 

*     Use mini-lesson on skill deficits

 

*     Increase Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction, if appropriate

 

*     Add intensive one-to-one or group instruction (e.g., tutoring, classes, etc)

 

 

 

*     Use intensive (supplemental) curriculum to close academic gaps (e.g., Developmental Reading / Math, Academy of Reading and Math, etc.)

 

*     Adjust instructional pacing, so instruction is accelerating the learning

 

*     Change modes of task presentation (graphic organizers, review strategies)

 

*     Review frequently

 

*     Increase task  practice

 

*     Change options for students to demonstrate proficiency (ELA and Math: verbal and written responses, projects, presentations, etc.)

 

*     Examine scope and sequence of tasks presented and follow it carefully

 

*     Evaluate other subjects and/or activities that may need to be eliminated to allow sufficient time for Reading-Language Arts and Math  instruction

 

 

 

DRAFT  8-6-12

**To be used with the Adjustment Strategies Monitoring Form