Excellent Tier 2 instruction is a critical component of a comprehensive approach to supporting students' diverse learning needs. 

While Tier 1 instruction provides a strong foundation for all students, Tier 2 instruction steps in to provide targeted and personalized support for those students who may require additional help to succeed. This level of intervention is crucial for students who may face specific learning challenges - whether they be academic, behavioral, or emotional. By providing tailored assistance, Tier 2 instruction helps prevent these challenges from becoming more significant barriers to their learning. It ensures that students receive the necessary support to catch up, keep up, and participate in the curriculum and promotes their overall success and well-being in the educational setting. Effective Tier 2 instruction contributes to a supportive school culture and better addresses each student's unique needs. 

Great Tier 2 execution reduces the Tier 3 population.

Interventions we use a SRMS

This list is a snapshot of interventions offered and is not comprehensive.  We add or subtract interventions during the school year to respond to student needs.

1. 1. 1. ELA

         1. 1. READING COMPREHENSION

               1. 1. Reading: Close Reading / Text Annotation 

                     1. 1.  Reading a complex text multiple times with different purposes (vocabulary, structure, author’s purpose).

                  2. Repeated Reading / Fluency Practice

                     1. 1. Pair students for echo or choral reading, tracking progress on fluency charts.

                  3. 3H Strategy

                     1. 1. 3H is a mnemonic learning strategy that students can use to remember how to answer different types of comprehension questions. It involves the three types of question-answer relationships: here, hidden, and in my head.

                  4. Text Mapping- Graphic organizers

                     1. 1. Strategy where students create a graphic organizer to visualize the elements and structure of a story. It helps students understand the text on a structural level, which builds literary analysis and writing skills.

         2. VOCABULARY

            2. 1. POSSUM Approach

                  2. 1. Description of Intervention

                     2. Intervention

                     3. Progress Monitoring: Use the graphic organizer independently using cloze passage with the vocabulary words for the week.

               2. EdClub.com

                  2. 1. Create an account

                     2. Use "Spelling" as the subject

                     3. This tool makes the students learn Greek & Latin roots, shows videos, definitions, stories, practice spelling, dictation, quiz, jumbles the words, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, proofreading, and crossword puzzles before providing a summary for the group of words they worked with.

               3. Cover-Copy-Compare

                  2. 1. A research-based, evidence-supported intervention that helps students build fluency and accuracy with math facts, computation, or procedural steps.

                     2. Students learn by actively practicing problems, covering the correct model, reproducing it from memory, and then comparing their answer to the model

   2. MATH

      2. 1. Self-Correction Checklist

            2. 1. A simple, student-friendly or notes that guide students through the key steps of solving a math problem.

               2. After completing each problem or while solving a problem, students use the checklist to verify each step — encouraging them to slow down, catch mistakes, and understand why their errors occurred.

               3. It helps to:

                  2. 1. To reduce careless mistakes by teaching students to check their work systematically.

                     2. To build metacognition — helping students think about their own thinking.

                     3. To increase accuracy and responsibility for learning.

                     4. To give teachers data on which steps students consistently miss or rush through.

         2. Cover-Copy-Compare

            2. 1. A research-based, evidence-supported intervention used in math that helps students build fluency and accuracy with math facts, computation, or procedural steps.

               2. Students learn by actively practicing problems, covering the correct model, reproducing it from memory, and then comparing their answer to the model.

   3. Behavior & Work Habits

      2. 1. It provides students with structured daily feedback, positive adult interaction, and goal tracking.

         2. The system builds accountability, consistency, and motivation by connecting students to a supportive adult who monitors and reinforces their work habits, effort, and behavior throughout the day.