di: di Digest, Vol 78, Issue 8

[Sarah Zahradnik]

Thanks Don! These are great tips and reminders!

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 2:00 PM <di-request at lists.uoregon.edu> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:35:07 -0000
> From: <monique at onestoplearning.co.uk>
> To: "'Don Crawford'" <donc1950 at gmail.com>,      "'DI listserve'"
>         <di at lists.uoregon.edu>
> Subject: Re: di: Interventions overview
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> Hi all,
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> I was looking for something and came across this message (below) from Don;
> a gem that deserves another outing.
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> Monique
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> From: di-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu <di-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu> On
> Behalf Of Don Crawford
> Sent: 11 December 2017 18:38
> To: DI listserve <di at lists.uoregon.edu>
> Subject: di: Interventions overview
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> Lately I've been seeing a need for an overview and quick diagnosing tool
> for students who aren't being successful.  It is NOT always a case of
> putting a given student back a bunch of lessons.  Sometimes there's stuff
> that can be done.  Anyway here's my quick overview of possible
> interventions and how to figure out what to do.
>
>
>
> Note: Don?t accept ?comprehension? as a student problem.  ?Comprehension?
> is usually code for ?incorrect answers on written work.?  You have to dig
> further to know what is really the problem.
>
> Diagnosing: 1) Watch the student during the lesson. Is the student paying
> attention, participating, correctly answering or completely confused? 2) Do
> parts of the lesson one-on-one with student and see if student can do it
> when motivated, paying attention or participating, or is still completely
> confused.
>
> 1.     Is this a shared problem?  Several students in the room have the
> same issue and therefore should be a change in teaching practice or a small
> group intervention or a whole class intervention?
>
> 2.     Is this a behavior problem?  The problem is that the student is not
> participating in instruction and therefore should be a behavior
> intervention?
>
> a.     Fix: Have the teacher move the student to the front and more
> closely monitored and frequently redirected by the teacher and/or have a
> reinforcement system in place.
>
> 3.     Is this an attention problem?  The student is not attending to the
> lesson, following the instruction or correctly writing answers or doing
> what he should during the lesson.
>
> a.     Fix: Have the teacher move the student to the front and more
> closely monitor and frequently redirect or to be taught or pre/taught in a
> smaller group.
>
> 4.     Is this a practice problem?  The student has a skill but needs to
> get better, or more fluent with it, e.g., not improving in reading fluency,
> math fact fluency, or spelling accuracy.  Needs more practice time daily.
>
> a.     Fix: Set up times for more practice during remediation time or
> other time with a peer or another adult. Monitor progress. Increase
> intensity until successful.
>
> 5.     Is this an English problem?  The student does not know enough
> English to understand the lessons as they are progressing?unable to do it
> one-on-one.
>
> a.     Fix: Set student up with bilingual buddy or coordinate with ESL
> teacher.
>
> 6.     Is this a specific skill problem? Usually skills like blending in
> beginning reading or counting or borrowing in math, students can be missing
> specific skills that are assumed to be already learned.  Student may be
> able to do other things, but not this particular skill.
>
> a.     Fix: Set up a small group to be taught this specific skill by a
> skilled teacher (not an aide) using selected scripts from the DI programs.
> Intervention specialist supervises.
>
> 7.     Is this a placement problem?  Is the student placed into too high a
> group?unable to do it one-on-one (and can?t pass placement test)?
>
> Don Crawford
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