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Stand-alone Tier 2 intervention: Sound Partners plus Bridge of Vocabulary and Language in Motion

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Description

A supplementary Tier 2 intervention combining three externally developed programs: Sound Partners, a scripted program providing "explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, and reading"; Bridge of Vocabulary, a semiscripted vocabulary program using manipulatives and discussion; and Language in Motion, a scripted program building syntax and listening comprehension through science-based manipulatives, interactive stories, and games. It was delivered as a 25–30-minute daily reading component plus a 15-minute daily language component.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Interventionists administer skill assessments after every 10 Sound Partners lessons and repeat lessons when skills are not mastered
  • Two-day training in late September plus manuals and instructional materials

Constraints

  • No WWC-rated language intervention programs existed for at-risk K–2 students, so vocabulary and language components were selected on clinical and efficacy evidence rather than WWC ratings

Target Learners

  • K–2 students below the 30th percentile in vocabulary and reading-related skills

Learning Goals

  • Phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, word reading, vocabulary, syntax, and listening comprehension

Claims

  • Stand Alone Improves Grade2 Spelling Over Embedded [+M]

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Foorman, B. R., Herrera, S., & Dombek, J. (2018). The relative impact of aligning Tier 2 intervention materials with classroom core reading materials in grades K–2. The Elementary School Journal, 118(3). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/esj
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title Stand-alone Tier 2 intervention: Sound Partners plus Bridge of Vocabulary and Language in Motion
description A supplementary Tier 2 intervention combining three externally developed programs: Sound Partners, a scripted program providing "explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, and readin...
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