Indiana Evidence Champions

A comprehensive six-week reading comprehension intervention sequence for third-grade small groups. It systematically targets core comprehension skills through scripted teacher protocols, decodable high-interest passages, structured graphic organizers, and weekly progress monitoring probes.

A phonics lesson focusing on isolating target sounds /k/, /p/, and /d/ in initial and final positions through visual picture cards, phoneme mapping, and turn-and-talk partner routines.

Student-facing independent practice and turn-and-talk activity cards for the 10 additional words, designed without printed words so learners can isolate target sounds /k/, /p/, and /d/ in initial and final positions and share with a partner.

A high-impact 2-lesson explicit phonics intervention sequence focused on Fundations Level 2 Unit 10 vowel teams ai and ay for third grade intervention students. Lessons utilize Anita Archer active engagement routines, choral responses, and structured orthographic mapping.

Week 6 provides cumulative review, skill integration, and a comprehensive summative progress monitoring probe to measure growth across all five intervention target skills.

A comprehensive set of 15 phonics display picture cards isolating the target phonemes /k/, /p/, and /d/ in both initial and ending positions, complete with decodable CVC words, high-contrast visual illustrations, Elkonin sound boxes, and pocket chart sorting headers.

A two-day first-grade reading and astronomy unit adapted from Stephanie Sabol's Where Are the Constellations? (pages 1-15). Students explore star patterns, sky myths, navigational tools, Wh-questions, inferential thinking, and the central idea.

Week 5 equips students to navigate nonfiction text features including headings, captions, diagrams, and bold vocabulary to extract key information quickly.

A large-print 2-page decodable reading sheet featuring multisyllabic words with open, closed, consonant-e (VCe), and vowel-team syllables. Set in 3x enlarged, high-contrast font with repeated-reading fluency trackers for every sentence.

A three-part instructional sequence for grades 3-5 designed to shift students from merely restating text evidence to explaining how evidence actually proves their argumentative claim. Students identify the common 'Echo Trap,' learn concrete reasoning moves, and apply their skills in structured argumentative tasks.

Week 4 helps students identify causal relationships, signal words (because, therefore, so), and analyze how one event triggers another in science and narrative texts.

A one-page cumulative teacher facilitation guide and post-intervention assessment protocol for Week 6, featuring a multi-skill decision matrix, summative running record probe, and exit criteria.