Reading/Fluency
Standards Based Annual Goals
First grade (1.5.1)
The student will establish letter-naming fluency at a rate of 40-plus letters per minute by the end of the school year.
First grade (1.5.3)
When given a first grade passage, the student will read 40-50 words of connected, decodable text per minute with 100 % accuracy by the end of the school year. Second grade (2.5.2)
When given a second grade passage, the student will read 70-90 words of connected, decodable text per minute with 100% accuracy by the end of the school year.
Third grade (3.3.5)
When given a third grade passage, the student will read 90-110 words of connected, decodable text per minute with 100% accuracy by the end of the school year.
*** Grades 1-3 are the only grades with fluency standards. For students in all grades, use fluency goals such as:
When given a fourth grade passage, the student will read _____ words per minute with ____ % accuracy by the end of the school year.
*This is especially appropriate for students participating in Passport. We can use the VIP data to monitor and document progress. Do not specify in your annual goal that it is a Passport passage, just specify the grade level of the passage. Base your words per minute and your accuracy on the VIP data that you have for this school year.
Reading/Sight Words
Standards Based Annual Goals
First grade (1.5.3)The student will recognize 100 percent of the Dolch sight word list for first grade by the end of the school year.
(Change the percentage and level as is appropriate for the individual student. This is the standard for first grade – to know all of the first grade Dolch sight words, but will need to be lowered for some students.)
Second grade (2.5.1)
The student will recognize 100 percent of the Dolch sight words for second grade by the end of the school year.
(You may want to combine standards for an annual goal, i.e. The student will recognize ___ percent of the Dolch sight words for first and second grade by the end of the school year.)
Third grade (3.3.5)
The student will recognize 100 percent of Dolch sight words for third grade by the end of the school year.
There are also the Wilson’s Essentials Sight Words that could be used instead of Dolch. See list in the Assessment section of the notebook.
Reading/Comprehension
Standards Based Annual Goals
First grade (1.4.2)The student will answer __ out of __ who, where, and what questions after listening to or reading a story on first grade level by the end of the school year.
First grade (1.4.3)
The student will retell ___events of a familiar story on first grade level with or without a book including beginning, middle, and end by the end of the school year.
Second grade (2.4.4)
When given second grade words, the student will classify them into categories, with or without pictures (add choice of measurement) by the end of the school year.
Second grade (2.4.5)
The student will tell the main idea or topic of a second grade passage in ___ out of ___ opportunities by the end of the school year.
Third grade (3.3.1 and 3.3.3 combined)
When given a third grade passage, the student will identify characters, character actions, motives, emotions, traits and feelings and will answer what if, why, and how questions with ____% accuracy or (will answer __ out of __questions correctly or choice of measurement) by the end of the school year.
**additional goal: adaptable for any grade
When given a second grade passage, the student will either read or listen to it and answer ___ out of 10 questions correctly by the end of the school year.
**This is especially appropriate for students participating in Passport. There are Passport stories and coinciding questions for each level of Passport in the Assessment section of the notebook.
**Adapt the above goal for any grade level that is appropriate for the student. Do not specify the passage as a Passport passage, but specify it as a grade level passage. Passport Level A grade K
Passport Level B grade 1 Passport Level C grade 2 Passport Level D grade 3 Passport Level E grade 4 Passport Level F grade 5
Reading/Comprehension continued
More in depth comprehension goals:Fourth grade (4.3)
When given a fourth grade passage, the student will use a wide range of strategies including distinguishing fiction from nonfiction, determining sequence of events, and drawing conclusions with ___% accuracy or will answer __ out of __ correctly by the end of the school year.
Sixth grade (6.1)
When given a sixth grade reading material, the student will be able to make predictions, compare and contrast actions of characters, and compare ideas from two authors in ___ out of ___ opportunities by the end of the school year.
Reading/Phonemic Awareness/Decoding
Standards Based Annual Goals
First grade (1.1)
The student will demonstrate phonemic awareness by isolating, deleting, and adding phonemes and by identifying initial, medial, and final sounds in one-syllable words (add choice of measurement here) by the end of the school year.
First grade (1.2)
The student will decode printed words, including words with consonant blends (2-3 letter blends: br,sl,str) that require blending 3-4 phonemes into a whole word (add choice of measurement here, i.e. with ___% accuracy or in __ out of __ words) by the end of the school year.
Second grade (2.1 and 2.2) combined
The student will identify syllables in 2 and 3 syllable words, will decode multisyllable words including diphthongs and digraphs (add choice of measurement) accuracy by the end of the school year.
Third grade (3.1)
The student will demonstrate phonological skills in multiple-syllable words, including consonants, short vowels, blends, long vowel markers (ex. teacher, realize), and r-controlled vowels (add choice of measurement here) by the end of the school year. Fourth grade (4.1)
The student will identify prefixes, suffixes, root words, syllables in 2 and 3 syllable words, and common contractions (add choice of measurement) by the end of the school year.
Reading/Vocabulary
Standards Based Annual Goals
First grade (1.3)
The student will identify and sort pictures of common words into common categories in ____ out of ___ opportunities and will use words to describe location, size, color, and shape in ___ out of ____ opportunities by the end of the school year.
Second grade (2.3)
The student will identify ___ out of ___common antonyms and synonyms and will use words that describe (location, size, color, shape) in ____ out of ___ opportunities by the end of the school year.
Third grade (3.2)
The student will identify the two separate words in compound words and will demonstrate knowledge of the meaning of separate words in compound words with (choice of measurement here) by the end of the school year.
Fourth grade (4.2)
The student will explain synonyms and antonyms, categorize words as synonyms and antonyms, and locate synonyms and antonyms for given words in a dictionary (add choice of measurement here) by the end of the school year.
Fifth grade (5.2)
The student will recognize the meaning of multiple-meaning words and will use a dictionary to define two or more meanings of multiple-meaning words (add choice of measurement) by the end of the school year.