Map digraph and blend words in sound boxes
When to use this goal
For students who spell CVC words but break down when a word has a digraph (one sound, two letters) or a blend (two sounds, two letters), writing ship as sip or stop as sop. Present levels should show reliable CVC spelling; the goal targets matching each sound to its letters.
- Baseline
- Give two lists of 10 words with a mix of digraphs and blends. Score each word correct when every sound is spelled with the right letters. Also note sound-level errors (dropped blend letters, a digraph written as one letter) because they show which pattern to teach first.
- Tips
- Sound boxes make the difference between a digraph and a blend visible: a digraph shares a box, a blend uses two. Fade the boxes once the student segments easily. Use words from the current phonics lesson plus review words.
- Limits
- Boxed spelling is easier than spelling in sentences; check transfer in dictated sentences or writing samples. Speech sound differences can affect what the student hears; check with the SLP if errors follow a speech pattern. Ten words per probe give rough percentages.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-spl-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 dictated words with digraphs or blends (such as chop, flag, thin, crust) and a sound-box strip for each word, the student will say each sound while pushing a marker into a box, then write the letters for each sound in its box, putting both letters of a digraph in one box independently with at least 85% accuracy on dictated words, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement probes collected weekly.
Baseline: 40% accuracy.
- 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. 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 Spelling.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
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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
- Writing - Spelling
- Baseline
- 40% accuracy.
- Annual goal477 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 dictated words with digraphs or blends (such as chop, flag, thin, crust) and a sound-box strip for each word, the student will say each sound while pushing a marker into a box, then write the letters for each sound in its box, putting both letters of a digraph in one box independently with at least 85% accuracy on dictated words, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement probes collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 dictated words with digraphs or blends (such as chop, flag, thin, crust) and a sound-box strip for each word
- Behavior
- The student will say each sound while pushing a marker into a box, then write the letters for each sound in its box, putting both letters of a digraph in one box independently
- Criteria
- With at least 85% accuracy on dictated words, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Curriculum-based measurement probes
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 85% accuracy on dictated words
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Curriculum-based measurement
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 dictated words with digraphs or blends (such as chop, flag, thin, crust) and a sound-box strip for each word, the student will say each sound while pushing a marker into a box, then write the letters for each sound in its box, putting both letters of a digraph in one box independently with at least 85% accuracy on dictated words, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement probes collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
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