Lit Booster intervention strategies
The strategies found in Lit Booster come from a variety of evidence-based instructional sources found in the What Works Clearninghouse library. Research-based reading intervention strategies have been distilled so you can quickly and effectively implement strategies in your classroom. If you’d like to read further on each strategy, they link to their full source from within Lit Booster.
Lit Booster’s strategies supplement core instruction with extra support. These strategies are teacher-facing, and target specific instructional moves; they are not full lesson plans with worksheets.
Strategies may be appropriate for use with the whole class, small groups, or individual students. Some strategies consist of a one-time activity you can use with students who need help with a lesson or concept; others are appropriate for interventions that cover several weeks. Strategies that are appropriate for interventions are tagged based on the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
Evidence-based strategies
An evidence-based strategy has undergone controlled testing and systematic evaluation by education experts to determine effectiveness on a large scale.
Evidence-based strategies must:
Show comparable results with similar interventions;
Demonstrate improvements in the target areas;
Use repeatable methods; and
Show that results hold statistical significance.
Tier tags in strategies
Strategies are tagged based on the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
Tier 1 - Supports: Something you might add to a lesson as part of your differentiated instruction for the whole class or a few students. These may be sufficient for 75-90% of students.
Tier 2 - Targeted interventions: Strategies you might use for a student or group of students who need support to address specific skills gaps over a period of time. These may be sufficient for 10-25% of students.
Tier 3 - Intensive interventions: Strategies you might use with students who are still struggling with material after a period of group instruction at Tier 2. This includes smaller groups or individual instruction with more explicit focus on specific skills. These may be sufficient for about 10% of students.
MTSS tiers can vary from school to school—a Tier 2 intervention in one school may be considered Tier 1 in another. As such, strategies in Lit Booster are tagged as applicable to both tier levels. You know your school setting best, so choose the level you think is most appropriate.
Currently, Lit Booster is focused primarily on Tier 2 reading strategies.
Grade level tags in strategies
Grade level tags refer to the grade level the student is currently in. If you are working with a student in Grade 6 who is reading at a Grade 4 level, look for strategies that are labeled appropriate for Grade 6.