I have continued with Jack's spelling and writing interventions. We are moving along in his spelling intervention into the next sorts. I will continue this as fourth quarter begins as well. He is doing very well on the spelling assessments! He takes the lists home to get additional practice with the word sorts. He also completes sorts during our literacy block. I introduce the sorts at the beginning of the week and assess him on Friday. In the future if Jack does not pass one of the spelling tests (only missing 1) I will go back and re-teach the sort. I believe this targeted instruction is truly benefitting Jack because the Tier 1 instruction is above his level. The way I look at it is that Jack is getting additional instruction that will fill in the 'gaps' or 'missing pieces.' Word study and word work is something that will also benefit Jack in his writing process.

I have also come to an important conclusion regarding Jack's comprehension affecting his written response. Jack is a very verbal student. He can discuss what he has read and through this shows he has strong comprehension. However, as we have moved into the written response I have seen this is where the disconnect occurs. He does not get all of his thoughts and details onto paper. It is not an accurate representation of his comprehension or thinking. This is why I think the writing intervention where I provide Jack with graphic organizers and sentence starters will help him be able to write down his ideas/responses better! My hope is that he becomes very strong using the graphic organizers and in the future will be able to respond without these aids.