Timed word chain list
When to use this goal
For students who read CVC words correctly in random lists but slow down or misread when words look almost alike (pit, pot, pat, pan). Chain lists force attention to every letter at speed. Present levels should show accurate untimed CVC reading.
- Baseline
- Use three different chains and take the median. Count a word wrong if it is read as the previous word (perseveration), and tally that error separately.
- Tips
- A quick daily warm-up. Underlining the change is a scaffold to fade. Graph scores with the student.
- Limits
- Chain lists are easier to predict than random lists; check transfer with a random list too.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-dec-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of CVC words arranged so each word differs from the one before by one letter, the student will read the words aloud in order down the list independently at a rate of at least 35 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected weekly.
Baseline: 15 words read correctly per minute.
- 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. Rate (per minute) fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Timed probes gives rate (per minute) 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.
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- Area of need
- Reading - Phonics & Decoding
- Baseline
- 15 words read correctly per minute.
- Annual goal346 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of CVC words arranged so each word differs from the one before by one letter, the student will read the words aloud in order down the list independently at a rate of at least 35 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a 1-minute list of CVC words arranged so each word differs from the one before by one letter
- Behavior
- The student will read the words aloud in order down the list independently
- Criteria
- At a rate of at least 35 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Timed probes
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Frequency & rate tracker. Records timing length and number correct.
Frequency & rate tracker
Rate (per minute)- Student label:
- Target:
- at a rate of at least 35 words read correctly per minute
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Timed probes
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of CVC words arranged so each word differs from the one before by one letter, the student will read the words aloud in order down the list independently at a rate of at least 35 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected weekly.
| Date | Probe / form | Timing (min) | # correct | # errors | Correct per minute# correct ÷ minutes | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Use the same timing length and probe type every session.
- Rate = number correct ÷ minutes timed.
- Target unit: words read correctly per minute.
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