Implementing the Flipped Classroom for Students in the RTI Process
by Cassie Bringman
Every year, I have students who are identified in the Response to Intervention (RTI) process as needing interventions in reading comprehension in order to improve their overall reading achievement levels. One of the most valuable interventions that I have implemented for my RTI students is small group instruction. Due to the amount of students and the limited time that our schedule permits, I was only able to see each student once a week in the small group setting. I felt that it was not an adequate amount of time in order for students to show the amount of growth that I wanted them to.
In order to address this problem, I decided to try the flipped classroom model of instruction. In a flipped classroom, students first receive direct instruction outside of the classroom, usually via online content created by the teacher. They then complete discussion and activities that would typically be given as homework while they are in the physical classroom.
The RTI students were given instruction via an online website that I created using Google Sites. Every one to two weeks, they focused on a particular skill related to reading comprehension. For each skill, they first took an online pre-test over the skill that would be worked on. Then, they would receive direct instruction on the topic via an online lesson. These lessons were created using the website, Nearpod. After viewing the
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