Comprehension Intervention: SmallGroup Lessons for the Comprehension Toolkit Grades 36,Used

When it comes to learning reading comprehension strategies children differ. They learn in fits and starts. What works for one may not work for another. For some it's a matter of time, for others a matter of interest. Some kids take these strategies and run with them after one wholegroup Toolkit lesson. Others need additional time, guidance, and practice to internalize comprehension strategies and use them to make sense of what they read. The smallgroup lessons in Comprehension Intervention are specifically designed to support those kids.' Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis, and Judy WallisEnhance your Toolkit Instruction with Targeted, SmallGroup LessonsCreated to follow each Toolkit lesson, the Comprehension Intervention smallgroup sessions narrow the instructional focus, concentrating on critical aspects of the Toolkit's lesson strategy to reinforce kids' understanding, step by step. Using the language of the Toolkits in a smallgroup setting, Comprehension Intervention approaches each Toolkit strategy lesson in a new way and with new texts, showing kids that they can apply the thinking and strategy language they learned within the whole group to a wide variety of readings.Framed around the gradual release of responsibility, the fourstep session structure provides explicit scaffolded instruction. With an eye towards formative assessment, each session ends with Assess and Plan, a section that supports daily progress monitoring with strategyspecificsuggestions for reviewing student work, assessing students' thinking and accomplishment of session goals, and determining the need for additional practice.Comprehension Intervention lessons lend themselves to a variety of instructional settings:Guided reading groupsSessions are ideal for small, flexible, needsbased guided reading groups to reinforce or extend what has been taught in a Toolkit lesson.Tier 2 RTI groupsSessions are designed to take about thirty minutes. They break down the original Toolkit instruction into smaller steps, making learning more accessible for Tier 2 students.Tier 3 RTI groupsInfinitely flexible and targeted, sessions help teachers increase instructional intensity for individuals or very small groups, allowing additional time for instruction and practice.Special EducationThe Toolkit wholegroup lessons are ideal for special ed inclusion because they are based on shared readings, which allow for natural differentiation. All kids can participate in the whole groupToolkit lessons and then have their individual needs met in the smallgroup intervention lessons.Learn more about the Comprehension Toolkit series at ComprehensionToolkit.com