Planning for Ongoing Instruction

• Careful planning results in greater student learning.Image by Flickr.com, courtesy of Rick Filipkowski
  
  Planning is important when trying to meet the needs of at-risk readers. Plan short, 30-minute mini-lessons that become more and more difficult.
  
  

Small Group Instruction

• Children who struggle learn better in small groups.Image by Flickr.com, courtesy of woodley wonderworks
  
  Children at risk of failure benefit from small group instruction. Grouping all at-risk students in one group, or mixing up the class into small groups of four to five students will prove more effective than instructing the entire class in one large group.
  
  

Targeting the Instruction

• All children have individual needs.Image by Flickr.com, courtesy of James Emery
  
  Targeting instruction to individual needs helps promote effective early reading intervention, particularly after classifying students' strengths and weaknesses thoroughly using reliable assessment instruments.
  
  

Assessment

• Continue to test students regularly to monitor their improvement and adjust your instruction accordingly.
  
  

Ongoing Instruction

• Once strengths and weaknesses are identified, reading intervention programs can deliver individualized instruction in rhyming, alliteration, picture identification and labeling, print and letter knowledge, spelling, phonics and general alphabetic principles.