Goals
Stage: Starting Point
Goal Information
Date: October 5, 2026Attainment Scale:
Starting Point:
Baseline WCPM, accuracy, and error patterns are documented for each student. Reading is slow and effortful for some students; others rush and need support to monitor accuracy. Individual targets are established.
Midpoint:
Two of four students meet their individual targets and the accuracy criterion on two consecutive checks.
Target Goal:
All four students meet their individual targets while reading with at least 95% accuracy on two consecutive checks.
Notes
During today’s coaching meeting, Melinda and I reviewed the two potential goals and discussed her current FastBridge data for the four students in her targeted reading group. Melinda decided to move forward with the first goal, focusing on improving students’ oral reading fluency and accuracy. We reviewed each student’s baseline and progress-monitoring data and discussed maintaining the 95% accuracy target while recognizing that one student may demonstrate meaningful growth without reaching that level this semester. We also discussed how differences between progress-monitoring passages can affect scores and the importance of looking at trends across multiple data points rather than individual scores. I shared a strategy for building students’ automatic recognition of high-frequency words by assessing each student individually, creating personalized sets of five unknown words, and having students earn words onto a mastery ring after demonstrating consistent automaticity. Melinda plans to try this strategy with all four students and incorporate the brief practice into her existing small-group routine. We also discussed using a shared document to track student progress and having Melinda record a small-group lesson so I can provide more targeted feedback and suggestions as we continue the coaching cycle.