Goals
Stage: Starting Point
Goal Information
Date: February 18, 2026Attainment Scale:
Starting Point:
By the end of the unit on the American Revolution, I will teach my students visualization and summarization strategies through oral reading fluency exercises to increase their reading comprehension of related content materials by 80%.
Midpoint:
Students will increase their comprehension of content materials by 50%.
Target Goal:
By the end of the unit on the American Revolution, I will teach my students visualization and summarization strategies through oral reading fluency exercises to increase their reading comprehension of related content materials by 80%.
Notes
V Step –
Lisa shared that she is familiar with the course content; she took LETRS training and applied it in grades 1 and 2. She looks forward to reviewing the material and indicates her value of structured literacy components to enhance teaching and learning. This course will meet one of her requirements to maintain certification as she does not have a master degree. Her first career was in the field of business.
This is her second year teaching grade 5 social studies. No other peers are taking to the course; there is  no co-teaching nor paraprofessional support. Lisa uses Kids Discover as the basis of her curriculum. She supplements the program by having students do lots of reading and writing (quick writes, longer, text essays).
E Step –
We discussed her problem of practice. Reading comprehension skills are hindering students – many can decode, but can’t answer content comprehension. We discussed the Four Quadrant Model to determine where student strengths and needs exist. After much discussion, she decided to focus her student goal on reading comprehension.  She shared that Kids Discover comes with little literacy support and no assessments.