Build a CVC word chain with tiles
When to use this goal
For beginning readers who can blend CVC words but do not yet notice which letter changed from one word to the next, so they reread each word from scratch or guess. Building a chain (cat, cap, map, mop) makes them attend to every position. Present levels decide the letter set.
- Baseline
- Score each link correct when the student changes only the right tile and reads the word. Tally errors by position; middle-vowel changes are usually hardest. Note if the student clears the board and rebuilds each time.
- Tips
- Chaining moves fast and needs few materials. The oral version lives in phonological awareness; this one ties the change to letters. Pairs with the CVC blending template.
- Limits
- Mixes spelling and reading. Chains are predictable; vary the position that changes.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-dec-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given letter tiles and a spoken chain of 8 CVC words in which each word differs from the one before by one sound, the student will change one tile to make each new word and read the new word aloud independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 8 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Opportunity (trial) recording gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Phonics & Decoding.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Reading - Phonics & Decoding
- Baseline
- 2 of 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal377 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given letter tiles and a spoken chain of 8 CVC words in which each word differs from the one before by one sound, the student will change one tile to make each new word and read the new word aloud independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given letter tiles and a spoken chain of 8 CVC words in which each word differs from the one before by one sound
- Behavior
- The student will change one tile to make each new word and read the new word aloud independently
- Criteria
- In at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Twice weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 7 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- twice weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given letter tiles and a spoken chain of 8 CVC words in which each word differs from the one before by one sound, the student will change one tile to make each new word and read the new word aloud independently in at least 7 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 8 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
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