Developing a love for reading at an early age is one of the greatest gifts you can give a child. Reading not only enhances vocabulary and comprehension but also fosters creativity and critical thinking. Setting achievable reading goals can motivate young children, build their confidence, and instill a lifelong love of books. Here’s how you can set effective reading goals for young children:
1. Give the Right Assessments
I teach first grade and always start with giving a phonics core reading screener, a benchmark phonological awareness screener, and Primary Spelling Inventory. These three assessments are usually my go-to and give me a great idea of what my students needs are as a beginning reader.
I have added the assessments I use here.
2. Where Did They Struggle?
After administering the assessments you can use this BIG 5 table below to determine what area you think your student falls in. Think of it as a continuum with phonological awareness and phonics being the first needs in order to have obtain word recognition. This is followed up by fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, which fall under Language Comprehension.
Specific (simple, sensible, significant).
Measurable (meaningful, motivating).
Achievable (agreed, attainable).
Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based).
Time bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive).
Goals can be written in the following format in order to make sure they have all the criteria:
By (date), and given (materials, support), my child will be able to (action) with (degree of accuracy).
Example: By the end of 2nd trimester, and given a grade-level nonfiction text, Sally will be able to answer multiple choice reading comprehension questions with at least 8 out of 10 correct or 80% accuracy.
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