Academic Intervention Services at Marlboro Elementary School What is AIS? Academic Intervention Services at Marlboro Elementary School

What Are Academic Intervention Services (A.I.S.)? Academic Intervention Services is a program which provides remediation to students who have not yet achieved grade-level standards in Reading and Mathematics. These services are provided during the school day as either a pull- out, or a within their regular classroom setting, small group.    

What does AIS look like at MES? Small Group Pull-Outs Push-in Programs Monitored Students Teacher Consults Differentiated Reading Instruction Services can be provided by classroom teacher, AIS Teacher or other qualified staff

Characteristics of Services AIS Groups will meet for direct-instruction 2-6 times per 6-day cycle. Students may be pulled out of their classroom or services may be provided within the students’ classrooms. Groups are aimed to be small in size.

Instruction Evidence and Research-Based Practices Repeated Practices Explicit and Direct to Learners’ Needs Support classroom assignments --

What can you do to support your child at home? Read, Read, Read! (MODEL) Read rhyming songs and stories let your child fill in the rhyming word Build Fluency – (Fluency and Comprehension have a direct relationship) Practice sight words to build automaticity Echo Reading – You read, they read, or, Choral Reading – Read together Talk with your child about the books he or she is reading.

What can you do to support your reader at home? Take frequent trips to the public library. NYS, Curriculum & Instruction suggests that student read a minimum of 25 books, or the equivalent, per year, across all content areas (subject). Take advantage of the websites provided on my teacher website.

What can you do to support your mathematician at home? Play counting games Can your child count to 5?, 10?, 20?, 100? without mistakes? More/less, greater than/less than If you give your child two sets of items, Can s/he tell you which set has more? is greater? Writing numbers Can s/he write numbers 0-20? Can s/he name the shapes circle, square, rectangle, triangle?

Use this to help your child problem solve

Kindergarten AIS Teacher Mrs. Edick carolyn.edick@marlboroschools.org