Kevina Harris
RTI Task 2
A. Identify two strategies, one for each student in the attached “Student Profiles,” that you
could use in the lab to help improve reading comprehension.
1. Explain how your two chosen strate
...
Kevina Harris
RTI Task 2
A. Identify two strategies, one for each student in the attached “Student Profiles,” that you
could use in the lab to help improve reading comprehension.
1. Explain how your two chosen strategies could help the students improve their reading
comprehension.
Since Sofia is a student who struggles with reading fluency and decoding grade-level
vocabulary the best strategy to use for her is reciprocal teaching. The implementation of this
strategy would include classroom discussions and think-pair-share. During the classroom
discussion Sofia will be able to hear how her fellow students decode the meaning of the
vocabulary words, and not just their literal meaning. She will then be able to engage and
comprehend the reading material better.
The think-pair-share portion can be done one on one with a partner or with a teacher. Being
with a partner it will be much like the whole-class discussion, but she will have more time to
discuss with her partner and have more practice. If she is doing this portion with her teacher,
the teacher will be able to scaffold her and lead her to decode the meanings on her own. The
teacher will also be able to identify closer what can help her with fluency issues and assist her
to do better.
Matteo is a student whose first language is not English and is having difficulty reading heavy
informational text and literature. But it has been found that when there are graphics that assist
with the reading, he able to comprehend the reading better. The strategy that would work best
for Matteo is storyboards. Storyboards are something that Matteo can use while reading the
text. The storyboard strategy allows him to draw out what he is reading while he is reading. It a
form of taking notes but in picture form. This builds on the fact that we know Matteo does
better when he has graphics to assist with his reading.
B. Describe two specific reading strategies that could be used to scaffold instruction for Sofia,
who is described in the “Student Profiles” attachment, for the reading requirements associated
with the attached “Homework Assignment.”
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