If we lived in a world where people had super powers, mine would be writing IEP goals in no time flat. While that super power really won’t save the day, it may save YOU some time. These goals are separated into the 3 main reading sections and quoted straight from the Common Core Standards. Remember, these goals could be for an older student who is reading on a third grade level, or modified so that a 3rd grade student who struggling can access them. Either way, this help you start brain storming for your next IEP meeting. Good luck!
TIP: Don’t forget to read all the goals. They are have different ideas for testing and support. You may want to combine some, use different wording/testing, etc.
3rd Grade Literature Standards
Key Ideas and Details
3.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Goal: Student will be able to highlight information in a text that help answer a specific question across 10 trials and with 80% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to answer 3 out of 3 “What” questions about a skill level text across 5 trials with 70% accuracy.
3.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Goal: Student will be able to determine a central message on skill level reading with use of a story map. This goal will be reached when Student determines the central message across 8 reading tests with 80% accuracy.
Goal: Using a graphic organizer, Student will be able to identify 2 details from a 3rd grade level story and then identify if there is a positive or negative central message. Mastery will be met when Student can determine the central message with 8 out of 10 trials, with an average accuracy rate of 80% accuracy.
3.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Goal: Student will be able to use a graphic organizer to determine a character’s feelings determine how that feelings influenced the story across 10 separate texts with 60% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to match at least 3 characters from a story to actions they completed in the story with an average accuracy rate of 80% across 10 trials.
3.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Goal: On a list of 10 phrases, Student will be able to determine which phrase is literal or nonliteral with 90% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to use a check list to determine meaning from unknown words in a text (google search, context clues, glossary), across 3 words per 9-week period, with an average accuracy rate of 70% through all 4 quarters.
3.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.5
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Goal: Using a sentence starter, Student will be able to describe what even occurred in a specific chapter of a skill level book across 10 trials with 60% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to identify the organizational parts of a text with 80% average accuracy across 10 trials.
3.6
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Goal: Using a graphic organizer, Student will be able to identify what another person’s point of view is and what their own point of view is about a given topic. Student will master this skill when they can do this on grade level material, across 5 trials, with 90% accuracy.
3.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
Goal: Student will be able to describe a picture before and after a story is read to increase comprehension across 3 subjects with 90% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to read a skill level story and then answer three questions about the story’s illustrations, with 90% accuracy across 10 trials.
3.9
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)
Goal: Using a graphic organizer, student will be able to compare two characters from a skill level book across 3 trials with 100% accuracy.
Goal: Given a list of popular themes, student will be able to use a graphic organizer to help them determine what theme is being used in a skill level text. Student will show mastery when they complete this at least 3 times, across 3 texts, with an average accuracy rate of 90%.
3rd Grade Informational Text Standards
3.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Goal: Student will be able to answer a question of a skill level text and then highlight where the answer was found on 4 out of 5 texts with 75% accuracy.
Goal: After reading a 3rd grade informational text, Student will be able to highlight key information from a question, and then use those words to find the answer within the text on 5 out of 6 questions with 80% accuracy.
3.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Goal: After listening to a grade level text, student will be able to use pictures to recount 3 details and a main idea of the text across 10 trials and with 90% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to outline a chapter to include a title, two supporting titles, at least 3 details, with 6 out of 6 elements with an average accuracy of 70% across 10 trials.
3.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Goal: Student will be able determine which even happened first, second, third, and last in a story across 5 trials with 80% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to describe an event or concept using the transition words first, second, and with all three elements, across 10 trials, with an average accuracy rate of 70%.
3.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Goal: Student will be able to match 3 new science vocabulary words to their meanings each quarter across 3 consecutive trials with 100% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to find the definition of 3rd grade vocabulary words within the text with 9 out of 10 trials scoring at least a 70% accuracy rate.
3.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Goal: Student will be able use a hyperlink to read additional information, and navigate back to the original page across 10 trials with 90% accuracy.
Goal: Student will be able to find the table of contents, index, and glossary in an informational text with 3 out of 3 elements across 10 trials with an accuracy of 90%.
3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Goal: Student will be able to use a graphic organizer to list 2-3 key details, and then determine what the main point of the author is on with both of these elements across 5 consecutive trials with an average accuracy of 80%.
Goal: After reading a skill level story, Student will be able to determine what their opinion of a topic is and then determine if it’s different from the author’s point of view. Student will show mastery when they correctly separate their opinion from the author with across 8 out of 10 trials with 80% accuracy.
3.7
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Goal: Student will be able to use multimedia in an informational text to answer one “why” question, on 7 out of 10 questions, with an average accuracy rate of 70%.
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
Goal: Student will be able to identify transition words within a paragraph, story, or article with at least 3 transitions words identified across 10 texts.
Goal: Student will be able to use a graphic organizer to determine cause and effect from a science text across 2 connections, with an average 70% accuracy across 10 trials.
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
Goal: Student will be able to fill out a graphic organizer that outlines the important points and key details from two texts on the same topic, with 80% accuracy across 5 trials.
3rd Grade Foundational Skills Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Goal: Student will be able to read a third grade DIBELs text with 90% accuracy across 3 trials.
Goal: Student will be able to read 5, two syllabul words with long “a” sounds, with 90% accuracy across 10 trials.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Goal: Student will be able to read a third grade DIBELs text at 60 words per minute with 80% accuracy across 5 trials.