On a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, he scored in the 84th percentile, which is well above average.

Marius is extremely interested in dinosaurs, Minecraft, and science. He has two dogs that he is extremely fond of and shares stories about these dogs in school. He is sometimes off task, pretending to be a dinosaur or a character from Minecraft. He knows just about every dinosaur by name, geographical region found and era. He knows what they all eat, how they lived, and when they were killed. He has seen all of the Jurassic Park movies (according to his self-report anyway) and is eagerly hoping to one day bring the dinosaurs back using DNA like they do in the movies.

Marius is from a single parent home and appears to move frequently. His mother does have a good job, though, and he appears to have other strong family ties, including some visitations with his dad. Marius is from a bi-racial couple who never married and do not live together, although they maintain a good parenting relationship.

Compose a 500-750 word evaluation of Marius incorporating the following:

Determine whether Marius is responding adequately to Tier 1 instruction, rationalizing your response.
Based on your determination above and additional research, what tier of instruction would you recommend for Marius?
What do you recommend Marius read, based on his interests and background? List three titles you would suggest.
Determine what cultural and linguistic factors his teacher must consider when planning an intervention for him, given the scenario and data.
In what learning environments do you think Marius would learn best? Why? Justify your choices with information from the scenario and your research.
For next steps, would there be any reasons to simply wait and see how Marius does in the next quarter or do you believe immediate intervention is necessary? Explain your answer.
Support your evaluation with a minimum of two scholarly resources.