Reading and Math Intervention Strategies Flashcards

A second-grade student decodes words slowly and laboriously, hurting comprehension. Which intervention most directly builds reading fluency?

Answer: Repeated oral reading of connected text

Repeated reading of connected text builds automaticity, the core of fluency.

Which math intervention best supports a student who cannot recall basic addition facts?

Answer: Explicit timed practice with immediate feedback

Explicit, timed practice with feedback builds fact fluency and retrieval.

A teacher uses a phonics intervention that teaches letter-sound relationships in a planned sequence. This approach is best described as:

Answer: Systematic and explicit instruction

Teaching sound-symbol relationships in a planned order is systematic, explicit phonics.

Within an MTSS framework, a Tier 2 reading intervention is typically delivered:

Answer: In small groups with targeted skill focus

Tier 2 supports use small-group, targeted instruction supplementing the core.

Which strategy best helps a student struggling with reading comprehension of expository text?

Answer: Teaching graphic organizers to map text structure

Graphic organizers make text structure visible, improving comprehension.

A student understands counting but cannot link quantities to numerals. Which intervention targets this number sense gap?

Answer: Using manipulatives to connect quantity and symbol

Manipulatives link concrete quantities to abstract numerals, building number sense.

Progress monitoring during an intervention is primarily used to:

Answer: Determine whether the intervention is working and adjust it

Frequent progress monitoring informs whether to continue, intensify, or change an intervention.