Template for Literacy Intervention Plan1
Student Profile:
Area(s) of primary concern:
Evidence:
 Phonological Awareness
 Letter ID
 Sight Vocabulary
 Fluency
 Decoding
 Vocabulary
 Comprehension
 Motivation
 Stamina
 Writing about reading
 Text level
 Other
I. Goal(s) of the Intervention:
II. Describe the Intervention:
Include Information about:
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Duration
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Frequency
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Materials to be used
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Strategies, techniques, approaches, etc.
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Instructional Framework
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Standards of Practice
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Person responsible
 Relationship to classroom instruction
III. Progress Monitoring [how will instructional impact be assessed?]
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Much of this work was completed during a three-year collaboration with the amazing
faculty at Milton Elementary School in Vermont.
Working Profiles2
I.
Emergent (Grade 1 and late K)
a. Focus for Intervention – ISA
b. See lesson plan for PA, Letter ID, CAP
II.
Beginning Struggling Word Learner (Grades 1 & 2)
a. Focus for Intervention: Strategic Decoding Focus #1
b. Focus on closing the gap with peers
c. See ISA lesson plan for individual variations
III. Adequate Comprehension/Word Stumbler (late grade 2 and
beyond)
a. Focus for Intervention: Fluency
b. Little work on accuracy, but attention to sight vocabulary,
automaticity, and rate while reading continuous text
IV.
Older Word Learner
a. Focus for Intervention: Strategic Decoding Focus #2
b. Structural analysis and complex syllable patterns
c. Draw content focus from classroom, use parallel texts
V.
Intermediate Word Reader with Weak Comprehension
a. Focus for Intervention: Comprehension
b. Comprehension strategies, vocabulary and concept
development
c. Grade-appropriate texts where possible
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These profiles were developed within the context of a specific school
curriculum and instructional program. Another setting might reveal other
profiles (although these are typical of the types of profile highlighted in
research).