Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit
Years ago we started using the DIBELS assessment to screen students for reading difficulties and to monitor at-risk students throughout their intervention. We had all this wonderful data, but there seemed to be a gap between the data and then exactly how to use the data to guide instruction and intervention. So, if a child fell within the “intensive” range on the First Sound Fluency or Phoneme Segmentation Fluency assessments, what activities could/should be used to help remediate that particular skill? In order to make the connection between assessment and intervention, the intervention kits were developed. The intervention kits are intended to be used by either classroom teachers or interventionists to address specific skills during small group instruction. The kits (there are