Level Three—Intensive Strategy Instruction
Levels 3, 4 & 5 are for students who need more
What is Intensive Strategy Instruction?
Intensive Strategy Instruction is a more explicit and in-depth approach to teaching strategies for students who need more than what can be provided in their core classes.
- Students reading at least 2 or more years below grade level are provided with Intensive Strategy Instruction
- Students learn strategies that they need in order to be successful in school, and that they are not learning to mastery in their core classes
What Students Do: Students who have difficulty mastering the strategies in their core classes learn them through specialized, more direct, more explicit, more intense instruction.
What Teachers Do: Teachers or support personnel provide more intensive instruction. This could be in a separate class, or could be extra support in a general education classroom. Instruction focuses on the strategies students need to learn in order to learn the critical content in their core classes.