Teachers on Instagram

I love how teachers are connecting through Instagram!!!
Every Tuesday take a picture of something fun, creative or silly you are doing throughout your day and post it to Instagram using the #teachertalktuesday
Check it out today!!!

Rite Flight

I recently attended a video conference with a wonderful woman, Trish from the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital on their Dyslexia program called Rite Flight. Right Flight is a great classroom intervention for Fluency and Comprehension. I personally will be using the sight word part next year and will dive into the comprehension portion over the summer. It is very inexpensive and worth a look, click here Rite Flight

New Intervention/Program

In February, I went to 3 training classes for The SLANT System. It was an introductory course for their structured language system by Marsha Geller. I LOVED the course, it taught me so much about the English language and how to teach students how to read, write and spell. It is researched based, you can personalize it for any child, and it is multisensory. My friend uses this at her school for her tier 3 and Special Education program so I thought I would give it a try. After my brief introduction I also found it can work with those of you who are using Words Their Way.
At my school in RtI we are big on changing interventions after 3 weeks if the previous one isn't working. Well I agree to an extent, but we also need to try the intervention for a bit longer. Marsha said something along the lines of you can change an intervention/program as much as you want, but if your teachers aren't qualified, the student won't make progress. And that is so true in my district.
Please take a look at the SLANT System. It is a wonderful phonics, reading comprehension,and  multisensory program. http://slantsystem.com/