RTI in Action: Oral Language Activities for K-2 Classrooms

by Froma P. Roth, Dorothy P. Dougherty, Diane R. Paul

Finally! A practical Response to Intervention (RTI) activity book with a focus on oral language. It s ready to use in the classroom!! RTI in Oral Language Activities for K 2 Classrooms , published by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), capitalizes on the power of collaboration between speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers. Designed to enhance K 2 students oral language skills, the book offers practical activities based on general education curricular standards and provides specific, straightforward strategies to help SLPs and teachers modify instruction. Organized by grades K, 1, and 2, and using RTI s three tiers of instruction, the book provides activities to build oral language skills in five major areas critical to success in language, literacy, academics, and social basic concepts, vocabulary, listening and speaking, phonological awareness, and print knowledge. The accompanying CD features PDFs of all activities in the book for convenient downloading and sharing, a sample PowerPoint for in-service training, and helpful, informative handouts for SLPs, teachers, parents, caregivers, and day care providers. Other
More than 40 instructional strategies to use in the classroom when implementing an RTI model

Activities that indicate what teachers say and expected student responses

Web resources related to RTI

Appendices with easy to copy graphic organizers, a cultural competence checklist, a developmental milestones checklist, progress-monitoring charts, and an RTI intensity grid

358 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2010