Identifying Components and Diagnostics
Literacy needs of individual students are addressed in the six components of literacy:
Phonological awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension
Writing
Concern: Student Reading below grade level
Action: Screen for oral reading fluency and comprehension. Possible Tools: -QRI-5 or 6th edition (Pre-primer to high school); -Razinski (Grades 1-8); -Fountas & Pinnell Assessment System (K-8)
If: Below grade level in fluency (accuracy, rate or prosody)
Then: Refer to primary handbook for phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency tier I strategies
Concern: Student Reading below grade level
Action:
If: Below grade level in comprehension and vocabulary
Then: Identify areas of need and reading level; provide reading comprehension and/or vocabulary intervention with instructional level text; (students practice with independent level text). Continue screening with grade-level text as necessary
Concern: Student Writing below grade level
Action: Screen multiple samples (process and on- demand, various content areas) utilizing 6-trait rubric
If: Identify areas of need; provide writing intervention. Continue screening as necessary
Then: