Sort own word cards: known or practice
When to use this goal
For students who practice sight words but cannot tell which ones they really know, so practice time goes to words already mastered. Fit depends on present levels showing a word bank of at least 20 words.
- Baseline
- Watch the student sort and then check each card. Count sorts that match the student's actual reading. Note whether errors are over-sorting (calling a word known when it was sounded out).
- Tips
- Builds self-monitoring and makes practice efficient. Practice pile words get extra review that day.
- Limits
- Measures accurate self-judgment, not how many words are known; keep a separate word count.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-sw-032.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during independent word practice, given their personal word bank of 10 to 15 cards, the student will independently read each card and place it in the known pile only when read correctly without sounding out in at least 13 of 15 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 6 of 15 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 Sight Word Recognition.
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 - Sight Word Recognition
- Baseline
- 6 of 15 opportunities.
- Annual goal369 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during independent word practice, given their personal word bank of 10 to 15 cards, the student will independently read each card and place it in the known pile only when read correctly without sounding out in at least 13 of 15 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During independent word practice, given their personal word bank of 10 to 15 cards
- Behavior
- The student will independently read each card and place it in the known pile only when read correctly without sounding out
- Criteria
- In at least 13 of 15 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- 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 13 of 15 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during independent word practice, given their personal word bank of 10 to 15 cards, the student will independently read each card and place it in the known pile only when read correctly without sounding out in at least 13 of 15 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 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 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.