Week 6 Assignment

Instructional Focus:

My instructional focus would be mainly on comprehension skills. Mary can fluently read the text, but she does not retain information past the basic, general details. She may not get the focus of the story, such as, she can remember the generic information, i.e. character names and places, but not their purpose. Her understanding needs to be extended and conditioned to focus on more important structures and details of the story.

Length of Intervention:

I would give Mary 45 minutes of intervention during the day. She would be given passages to read during the independent reading time. Short passages that give details that are easy to absorb. Each day the passages will hold more details without going over the reading level of Mary. Since it is independnet reading time, there will be no time taken form the rest of the class.

Intervention Structure:

I would use the intervention structure of expository structure and details. But, I would also ask her to draw and write the important details she can remember from the story. Also, allowing her to look back at the text.

Mini-Lesson:

Time: 45 minutes each day

Materials:

• 5 one-page passages about animals (easy text with range)
• Pencil
• Paper/construction paper

Instruction:

• Student will read one passage pages each day
• Student will draw the important details from the story up to 5 details
• Student will list details they can remember from the story
• Student will write a small summary for homework to relate that day's passage