All modules and case studies are available at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/. USE THIS LINK FOR 4 MODULES TO ANSWER. The IRIS Center website contains a great deal of releva
MODULES TO BE DONE
| 1) CSR: A Reading Comprehension Strategy This module outlines Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), a strategy for helping students to improve their reading comprehension skills. In CSR, students work together in small groups to apply comprehension strategies as they read text from a content area, such as social studies or science (est. completion time: 1 hour). |
| 2) Intensive Intervention (Part 1): Using Data-Based Individualization to Intensify Instruction This module, first in a series of two, overviews data-based individualization and provides information about adaptations for intensifying and individualizing instruction. Developed in collaboration with the National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research and the CEEDAR Center, this resource is designed for individuals who will be implementing intensive interventions (e.g., special education teachers, reading specialists, interventionists) (est. completion time: 3 hours |
| What are some of the reading strategies we can employ in our classroom? What are some of the different types of reading problems exhibited by students and how do we identify them? |
| 3) Intensive Intervention (Part 2): Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization This module, the second in a series on intensive intervention, offers information on making data-based instructional decisions. Specifically, the resource discusses collecting and analyzing progress monitoring and diagnostic assessment data. Developed in collaboration with the National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research and the CEEDAR Center, this resource is designed for individuals who will be implementing intensive interventions (e.g., special education teachers, reading specialists, interventionists) (est. completion time: 3 hours). |
| 4) PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2–6 This module outlines the benefits of implementing PALS for Grades 2–6, a peer tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their reading skills. Also included are step-by-step instructions for each of the three PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials (est. completion time: 1 hour). OR PALS: Reading Strategy for grades K-1 This module outlines the benefits of implementing PALS for Grades K–1, a peer tutoring strategy in which students work in pairs to strengthen their reading skills. Also included are step-by-step instructions for each of the PALS activities as well as printable PALS materials (est. completion time: 1 hour |
