Mrs. Colleen Stavinoha
English 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Modified)
Each student who comes to me has goals on his or her IEP. These goals will be
worked on all year. Goals with objectives for all levels of English (Modified) are:
READING
GOAL:
 By May 2015, all students will increase their beginning of the year Lexile
score by 10%.
STEPS TO REACH THIS GOAL
 Students will read a variety of texts from a variety of genres with accuracy
that supports comprehension.
 Students will successfully learn and employ the following comprehension
strategies:
 Author’s purpose
 Connections: text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world
 Summarizing
 Inferencing
 Questioning
 Predicting
 Identifying similarities and differences
 Note-taking
 Using graphic organizers
 Sequencing
 Visualizing
 Students will successfully learn and employ the following vocabulary tools
and strategies:
 Using connotation and denotations
 Using context clues
 Understanding words with multiple meanings
 Breaking words down into affixes, suffixes, prefixes, and roots
WRITING AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS
GOAL:
 By May 2015, all students will write a 5- 7-sentence organized paragraph,
with 80% correct capitalization, grammar, structure, punctuation, and
spelling.
STEPS TO REACH THIS GOAL:
 Students will write for different purposes, including short answer
responses, literary compositions, and expository compositions.
 Students will choose an appropriate genre based on audience/purpose.
 Students will determine a thesis/controlling idea that is sustained
throughout the written piece.
 Students will plan writing using graphic organizers and apply effective
revising and editing strategies
 Students will use correct capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling in
their writing.
 Students will write effectively in timed and open-ended situations.
 Students will successfully employ the 6+ Writing Traits to become better
writers.
 Students will successfully use graphic organizers to structure their
writing.
BEHAVIOR/ACADEMIC/SOCIAL GOAL -SETTING
GOAL:
 By May 2015, all students will reach the personal goal they have set for
themselves.
STEPS TO REACH THIS GOAL:
 Students will write a goal (a behavior goal, an academic goal, or a social
goal) for themselves at the beginning of the year. They will list the steps
they need to take to achieve the goal and the people who can help them
reach their goal.
 Students will monitor their own progress each 6 weeks in a goal-setting
journal.