Teaching Tools

RTI MTSS Team Action Plan

  • Dec. 5, 2024, 7:25 a.m.
This is a chart that will guide school teams in the development or review of the current RTI/MTSS process.

How do we define Tier 3 interventions in our building?

  • Dec. 4, 2024, 6:09 p.m.
This chart is an example of how one school has defined Tier 3 interventions.

How do we define Tier 2 intervention in our building

  • Dec. 4, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
This chart is an example of how one school provides certain access to strategic interventions beyond Tier 1 instructional time.

How do we define Tier 1 in our building?

  • Dec. 4, 2024, 6:05 p.m.
This chart is an example of how one school defined Tier 1 core instruction to ensure equitable access for all students.

Brownsville Conference Handout for Grades 6-12

  • Nov. 16, 2024, 1:01 p.m.
This is the 6th-12th Grade playbook page shared at the LISTO conference on November 16, 2024.

Brownsville Conference Handout for third-Fifth Grades

  • Nov. 16, 2024, 12:58 p.m.
This is the third through fifth grade playbook page shared at the LISTO conference on November 16, 2024.

Brownsville LISTO Conference Handout PK-2nd grade

  • Nov. 16, 2024, 12:56 p.m.
This is the PK-2nd Grade playbook page shared at the LISTO conference on November 16, 2024.

Where Am I Now?

  • Nov. 15, 2024, 4:10 p.m.
Having students self-assess their mastery over the unit learning targets is a powerful way to accelerate learning and give students agency in their own learning. This chart can be used by students to record and monitor their progress through a unit of study.

Connect 8 Sentence Combining

  • Nov. 15, 2024, 12:04 p.m.
This activity integrates science or social studies information with the writing skill of sentence combining.

Fabulous Five Topic Vocabulary

  • Nov. 15, 2024, 11:39 a.m.
Using this table, students select the 5 most important words related to the central idea. They write a sentence explaining the importance of the word. As an extension, students revise the sentence to create a complex or compound sentence that elaborates on the original sentence idea.