Strategies and Interventions at Edgewood Academy

These are some of the main instructional strategies, programs, and interventions teachers use at Edgewood Academy:

Tutoring after school – interventions – based on iReady data and groupings (varies by teacher)
Common assessment in teacher teams (PLCs) to address learning gaps
Social-emotional learning through Capturing Kids’ Hearts and Second Step
Saturday tutoring
In-class Writing groups
In-class reading groups
Use of IXL, Lexia, NextGenMath, and ALEKS programs
I-Ready assigned lessons & individual paths
The assistance of instructional aides for grades TK through 5th
Focusing on academic language development in classrooms
Vocabulary development – flashcards
Multiplication fact flashcards
Sentence stems
Productive partnering
Graphic organizers/Thinking Maps
Resources from Teacherspayteachers for engaging lessons
Use of Quizziz
Saturday intervention twice a month for 3 hours each 8 am to 11 am
Differentiated homework assignments
Contacting parents to give specific ways in which they can help kids at home
Use of manipulatives in math and science
Providing feedback on writing
Monitoring room during the guided practice sessions
Whiteboards for every student in class for checking for understanding
Cornell-style notes & AVID strategies
Highly effective lesson plans (well-timed lesson plans)
Real-world concepts and examples to connect teaching with real life
Reading competitions
The assistance of a Math Interventionist (TOSA) for students struggling in math

Our goal as instructors is to work within our Professional Learning Communities (grade levels) to use quality resources and teaching techniques to help our students meet and exceed their California State Standards.