English & Reading Goals For Special Education

Drafting goals for any subject area can be difficult, especially if you are unsure where to start. Here are a few sample English/Reading IEP goals (across various ability levels) to get you started. Please adapt and modify to meet the specific needs of your students. Keep in mind a goal should be a skill you believe is achievable by the student in 1 school year. You can always do an addendum if a student has met all criteria for the goal/objectives.

Remember, when writing objectives, break down the goal into smaller steps. You can lessen the percentage of accuracy, the number of trials (3/5 vs 4/5), or amount of prompting. Make sure each objective builds onto the next and towards mastery.

*Depending on how specific/broad your goal is, you can collect data over multiple settings/classes, which will only help with data and work samples! Try not to tie yourself into ONE specific activity, exercise, or mode of collecting data (unless that is what you and your team is going for).

 

Book Orientation/Parts:

Goal: Student will independently identify the parts of a book (front cover, back, spine) with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will identify what an illustrator and author are and be able to locate where to find this information on a book with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Letter Recognition & Identification:

Goal: Student will be able to recognize and identify letters of the alphabet independently with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Letter Sounds:

Goal: Student will be able to verbally dictate the sound of all 26 letters of the alphabet with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will demonstrate their awareness of letter sound relationships by identifying the letter and their corresponding sound with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will recognize a picture, identify what letter the picture starts with, and the corresponding sound with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Decoding:

Goal: Student will be able to use their decoding skills to read a list of 10 words with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will demonstrate their knowledge of letter sounds by reading CVC words independently with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Sight Word Recognition:

Goal: Student will learn 10 new sight words every quarter and be able to read and write the new works independently with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will recognize and read 25 sight words from the ____ grade level Dolch/Fry word list with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Match Pictures to Phrases:

Goal: Student will independently match 5 words to the corresponding picture with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read phrases and simple sentences and match them to the corresponding picture with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Reading Comprehension:

Goal: Student will read a passage/story and independently identify if the passage is fiction or nonfiction with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read text at their level and answer 5 ‘wh’ (written or verbally) questions about it with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read text at their level and answer ‘wh’ questions when given multiple choice options, from a field of 3 with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read text at their level and independently identify the main idea with 3 supporting details with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Making and Confirming Predictions:

Goal: Student will read the title of a text, independently make a prediction of what will happen in the story, and confirm if their prediction was accurate with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Summarizing/Retelling:

Goal: Student will read a text on their level independently summarize what happened (verbally or written) with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will be able to retell a story they have read with 80% accuracy with story details on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Compare & Contrast:

Goal: Student will compare and contrast 2 topics (teacher’s choice) using a Venn diagram independently by listing at least 3 facts in each column with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Parts of Speech:

Goal: Student will be able to independently define and identify if a word is a noun, verb, or adjective with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will be able to read a sentence and independently identify which word is the noun, verb, and adjective with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Fact vs. Opinion:

Goal: Student will independently read a sentence and identify if it a fact or an opinion with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Writing Simple sentences:

Goal: Given a model, Student will independently write a grammatically correct simple sentence (pencil/paper or using communication device) to include a noun, verb, and adjective on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will independently write a sentence (to include a subject and predicate) using their communication device with correct grammar and punctuation on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Punctuation:

Goal:  Student will independently write sentences with correct punctuation to include; capital letters and a period with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read a sentence and decide whether it requires an exclamation point or a question mark with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Editing:

Goal: Student will read a sentence and edit it for correct punctuation (capital letter and period) on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will read 5 sentences and edit them for correct punctuation/grammar (to include…..) on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Making Inferences:

Goal: Student will independently make inferences about a text (by expressing -written, verbally, using pictures-what it is saying and what it actually means) with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Implicit vs Explicit Details:

Goal: Student will independently read a text at their level and answer 5 explicit and implicit questions pertaining to the text with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Resource Referral:

Goal: Student will independently look back in the text they’ve read to answer questions about the text with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will independently use a dictionary to find the meaning of 5 unknown words and write their definition with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will locate specific phrases or sight words in a familiar text with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Idioms:

Goal: Student will independently match an idiom to the corresponding meaning with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Goal: Student will be able to explain the meaning of an idiom (verbally or written) with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Beginning/Middle/End:

Goal: Student will independently read a story passage on their reading level and identify the beginning, middle, and end events with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Story Elements:

Goal: Student will read a story or passage at their reading level and independently identify story elements (character, setting, problem, solution) by answering questions or filling out an anchor chart with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Sequencing of Events:

Goal: After reading a story/passage, student will independently sequence events (written or verbally) in the story with 80% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Context Clues:

Goal: Student will independently use context clues to find the meaning of an unknown word and either write the answer or choose from a field of 3 with 100% accuracy on 4 out of 5 trials measured quarterly.

Happy Drafting!!!