District #11 Multi-Tiered Pyramid of Elementary School Instruction/Interventions Delivered with Fidelity
District Endorsed, Required and Supported, & Site Optional, District Approved-Various Funding Strings
Aligned with District 11 Business Plan, District Unified Improvement Plan, D11 Way, and USIPS
THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
MEET THE FUTURE.
Intensive
Intensive Interventions –Skill-based Tutoring, Reading: 5 Components of Reading, Multi-Sensory
Reading, Pikes Peak Literacy Strategies, Orton Gillingham, Linda Mood-Bell, LETRS, Hill Rap, FCRR
Strategies, Math: ST Math, GT: Intensive Acceleration (2 yrs.+) ELL: National Geographic, Rosetta
Stone, I-Ready {Site optional* = Cloud Nine Math, Do the Math, Knowing Mathematics, Number Worlds,
Reading: Auditory Battery (3-5), Barton Reading, Corrective Reading, Edmark Reading, FastForWord, Horizons,
LETRS, LiPS, Read Naturally, Reading Plus, SRA Reading, GT: Independent Project, ALEKS, Subject & Full
grade Acceleration. SPED: Handwriting without Tears, Hill Springs Methodology, Rewards, and TouchMath}
Assessments - AIMSweb, CBM (Curriculum Based Measurements), DIBELS Next, DIBELS Deep,
Layered
ELL: I-Ready {Site optional* = Adams 50, Auditory Battery, CTOPP, GORT, QRI, and Rigby}
Interventions
Tier 2
Strategic
Strategic Interventions –Skill-based Tutoring, Reading: Multi-Sensory Reading, Pikes Peak
Literacy Strategies, Orton Gillingham, Linda Mood-Bell, LETRS, SIPPs, FCRR Strategies,
ELL: English Language Development, GT: College of William and Mary Literacy Program,
Junior Great Books, ST Math {Site optional* = Study Island (skill specific), Math: Do the Math, FASTT
Math, Knowing Mathematics, Moving with Math, Number Worlds, Reading: Auditory Battery (1-2), Corrective
Reading, Family Literacy (6 wks to grade 5), Horizons, LETRS, LiPS, Lexia, Read About, Read Naturally,
Reading Plus, SIPPS, Six Minute Solution, SRA Reading, ELL: Rosetta Stone, National Geographic, I-Ready,
GT: Enrichment Group, Jacob’s Ladder}
Supplemental to Core Curriculum - Math: ST Math, Reading: Online Reading Series Resources,
Prescriptive ELL: National Geographic, Rosetta Stone, I-Ready
Interventions
Instructional Practices – Differentiated Instruction, Preschool Reading: 5 Components of
Reading, GT: Cross Grade Grouping, ELL: English Language Development
Assessments - AIMSweb, CBMs (Curriculum Based Measurements), CogAT (3rd-5th for
Identification Purposes & Additional Data), and DIBELS, ELL: I-Ready
{Site optional* = Auditory Battery, Core Phonics, Rigby, and SPACHE}
Core Curriculum - Standards-Based Curriculum Maps and Pacing Guides, Math: Math Expressions,
Reading: Treasures, Imagine It, Open Court, Reading Street, Story Town, Science: Science Kits, K-2
Science library, 3-5 Hard copy Science Readers, Electronic 1-8 Science Leveled Readers, Social
Studies: Discover Colorado (4), Discovering Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region (3), Social
Studies Alive (K,1,2,5), and Social Studies Kits (K-2) {Site optional* = IB (PYP), Reading – Imagine It,
Treasures, Reading Street, Open Court, Storytown}
Tier 1
Universal
Core
Instruction
Supplemental to Core Curriculum - Discovery Education, Math: ST Math, Reading: Accelerated
Reader, Social Studies: Stratalogica, Khan Academy, Writing: Lucy Calkins-Units of Study, Six Trait
Writing, ELL: Sheltered Instruction, English Language Development, GT: Junior Great Books
{Site optional* = Compass Learning, Study Island, Math: FASTT Math, Timez Attack, ELL: National Geographic,
I-Ready, Rosetta Stone}
Instructional Practices – District Playbook, Co-teaching, Creative Thinking, Differentiated Instruction,
McREL Strategies, Reading:, 5 Components of Reading Instruction, Marzano’s Six Steps to
Vocabulary, Multi-Sensory Reading, Pikes Peak Literacy Strategies, Writing: Writer’s Workshop, Lucy
Calkins-Units of Study, ELL: Sheltered Instruction, English Language Development
District Operational Processes: Use of District Playbook, Data-driven Dialogues/Articulation Meetings, ICAP,
Professional Learning Communities, and RtI/PBS Problem Solving Teams
Tier 3
ACADEMIC
{Site optional* = Thinking Maps, Reading: Auditory Battery (K-2), Balanced Literacy, Leveled Readers, LETRS,
Writing: Daily Language Instruction, Cal Berkeley, History, Social Science Literacy, GT: Gifted Magnet Program}
Assessments - CogAT (Universal Screening for 2nd Grade), TCAP, CMAS, PARCC, DIBELS Next,
DIBELS Deep, I-Ready, MAP, Six Trait Writing Rubric, On Demand Writing
{Site optional* = Rigby, STAR, GT: Kingore & Hawthorn Inventory}
All interventions should be used at the Tier that is specified
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IT support comes with all district approved software.
*Site optional, District approved, various funding strings
*Some interventions are fiscally supported by Title 1 funds, ELL grants, earmarked specifically funded for certain sites, or
individual sites.