You’ve been doing the assessments (or someone has done them for you). You’re wondering how to use the data to plan intervention. Next STEPS was written to help you walk through the planning and implementation stages with help! You can differentiate instruction, meet RTI goals, and have fun teaching with Next STEPS!
Several forms are available that can be used as a model for grouping students and planning intervention for small groups. Also RTI & Next STEPS framework templates are available. Download them here.
Have fun AND learn the latest evidence-based strategies for connecting assessment data with small group intervention. Hands-on activities. Bring your data. Bring your core reading manual. Return to school on Monday morning with a big smile!
On October 27, Brookes Publishing hosted a book signing for Susan Smartt and her new book, Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction, written with Deb Glaser, at the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Participants who bought a copy at the signing received a 20% discount off their purchases.
“This book is so awesome!”On October 7–8 Susan Smartt provided an exciting two-day Next STEPS workshop to more than 50 teachers and administrators in the gymnasium at the North Elementary School in Moutain Home, Idaho. Along with plenty of practical “hands-on” activities to take back to the classroom, teachers participated in fun learning activities to use during small group instructional time and other strategies to use for student learning center activities.
Next Steps in Literacy Instruction is a perfect book to use with RTI, as it guides teachers to link the indicators on today’s popular assessments with proven intervention practice for struggling readers. One teacher was “caught” during the break, leaning back in her chair reading Next STEPS. When approached she commented, “this book is so awesome!”
Welcome to Twin Falls
Welcome, if this is your first time to visit the Next Steps Reading BLOG, (or even if it’s not you first visit, so glad you’re here) it’s an exciting time to be a Next Stepper. I’m heading out for three days of Next STEPS work in Idaho — YEA, Idaho! That state is really leading the charge in literacy reform. (I’ll tell you all about their dynamic reading leader Jenny Fisk another time.)
Canyon Ridge High School
June 28 & 29, 2010
Twin Falls, Idaho
You’ve DIBEL’d with the new version of DIBELS? Yes, it was released May, 17, 2010 and now you’re asking, how do I use the data from this new revised DIBELS assessment?
Be the first in your school to own the book that links the data to small group instruction and interventions for DIBELS Next!
Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction will be a valuable resource for teachers and school administrators who have been using DIBELS, 6th edition, or those transitioning to the 7th edition within the next year.
Tell your friends. Request a summer or fall workshop for the new DIBELS Next Training, the Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction training or both!
For more information, contact Susan at info@nextstepsreading.com or call 615-943-8780
The www.nextstepreading.com just had a makeover!
When we originally designed the site, we were operating in a vacuum. Most of our time and attention was focused on finishing the book and getting it printed, so the web site was a bit on the back burner. Now that the book as been out there a few months (the feedback has been tremendous, thank you) it was time to rethink the site.
Hope you like the new design!
