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Endings -ture, -ous, -cial, and -ible

6-8, 9-12Percent accuracyTemplateReview and individualize before use. How templates are made
When to use this goal

For middle school students who stumble on Latin-based endings common in academic text (adventure, famous, special, partial, possible, comfortable), reading them sound by sound. Present levels should show -tion and -sion are in place.

Baseline
Tally errors by ending. Note base-word errors separately.
Tips
Practice the endings as chunks, then in words from current courses.
Limits
Some endings shift the base word's stress; accept natural pronunciation.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-dec-064.

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Skill

What the student will do

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Condition

When or under what conditions

Support

Support allowed

Criterion

Percent of attempted items answered correctly.

Sample numbers. Replace them with the student's data.

Criterion wording

Data collection

Brief, standardized probes given at regular intervals and scored the same way each time.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, given 20 printed words ending in -ture, -ous, -cial, -tial, -ible, or -able, the student will read each word aloud with the ending said as one unit independently with at least 90% accuracy on words with Latin-based endings, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement probes collected every two weeks.

Baseline: 40% accuracy.

  • Condition
  • Observable behavior
  • Criterion
  • Measurement method

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Measurability check11 of 11 met
  • Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.

  • Met: Condition. Stated.

  • Met: Unit fits the behavior. Percent accuracy fits this behavior.

  • Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.

  • Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.

  • Met: Method produces the metric. Curriculum-based measurement gives percent accuracy 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.

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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
40% accuracy.
Annual goal371 characters
By the annual IEP review date, given 20 printed words ending in -ture, -ous, -cial, -tial, -ible, or -able, the student will read each word aloud with the ending said as one unit independently with at least 90% accuracy on words with Latin-based endings, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement probes collected every two weeks.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
Given 20 printed words ending in -ture, -ous, -cial, -tial, -ible, or -able
Behavior
The student will read each word aloud with the ending said as one unit independently
Criteria
With at least 90% accuracy on words with Latin-based endings, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
Evaluation method
Curriculum-based measurement probes
Schedule
Every two weeks

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Matching data sheet

Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.

The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.