Teaching · Reading Intervention

Every reader, tile and marker counted before the cycle starts.

List what the kit holds against what the groups need, mark the condition of each item and run the readiness check. The summary gives the shortfalls, the repairs and a plain answer on whether the kit is ready.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Reading Intervention toolkit, $49 for 34 items.

The materials inventory

One record per room or kit and count. No student information is kept. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Reading InterventionAlso for Teaching · Special Education$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each room or kit, every item with on hand, needed, condition and location, a readiness check, and a summary of shortfalls, repairs and order notes.
Who it is for
Reading interventionists, special education teachers, reading specialists and literacy leads who keep intervention materials.
Format
Browser form. Several saved counts per kit to compare over the year; printed with the summary or as a blank count sheet; CSV of the item table; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Reading Intervention toolkit ($49) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Reading Intervention space in Caveat Teaching; also listed in the Special Education space (special education teachers keep the same literacy kits).
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
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Drawn for this page. A missing set of readers or a bag of tiles with half the vowels gone costs lesson time; the inventory catches it first.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the room or kit code and the count date.
  2. Enter how many groups use the kit and the largest group size.
  3. Add each item with what you have, what you need, its condition and where it is.
  4. Run the readiness check before the next cycle.
  5. Use the shortfalls and order notes to request materials.

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What the inventory is for

Why count

Intervention time is short. A set of readers that runs out or a tile bag missing vowels costs minutes in every lesson. Counting against what the groups need, before a cycle, turns a vague sense of shortage into an order list.

Match the sequence

Decodable readers and word cards help most when they match the phonics patterns just taught. The readiness check asks whether the materials fit the next lessons, not only whether they are on the shelf.

What this inventory is not

It does not choose a program or materials, and it holds no student information.

Sources

  1. Foorman, B., and others (2016). Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008). What Works Clearinghouse practice guide (decodable text and word-level practice).
  2. Mesmer, H. A. E. (2001). Decodable text: a review of what we know. Reading Research and Instruction, 40(2), 121 to 141.
  3. Moats, L. C. Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers, 3rd edition (2020).
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: guidance on cleaning shared surfaces and objects in schools.

The example kit is made up. The inventory tracks materials; it does not choose a program. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.