Syllabus
Description of Students, Learning and Developmental Goals, and Units of Instruction
The instructional units will focus on selected goals from the student’s IEP (Individualized Education Program). These goals are written on each student’s instructional level.
GOAL: BASIC READING/READING FLUENCY
Identify and/or name upper and lowercase letters
Identify words that start or end with the same sound
Will state rhyming words for words given orally
Read words in isolation
Read selections
Identify short/long vowels
Identify initial and final consonants Identify consonant digraphs and blends
Determine and divide compound words
Divide multi-syllable words
Identify r controlled vowels
Identify consonant and vowel digraphs
Read and write contractions
GOAL: READING COMPREHENSION
Recall details
Predict outcomes
Read and follow directions
Identify sequence of events
Distinguish between fantasy and realism
Identify cause and effect
Make inferences or draw conclusions
Answer detail questions
Identify the main idea
Predict outcomes
Identify fantasy and reality from passage
Determine fact and opinion
GOAL: WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Write simple, complete sentences about a given topic
Correctly form all upper and lower case manuscript/cursive letters
Define and use new vocabulary
Write and expand simple sentences using adjectives
Define and use new vocabulary
Write an acceptable paragraph from an outline
Use correct capitalization and punctuation
Write a logical, coherent paragraph about a given topic with no irrelevant statements
Use correct verb tense
Use a dictionary to look up the correct spelling of unknown words
Proofread
GOAL: MATH CALCULATION AND REASONING
Match numeral to the number word
Tell the number that is before or after a given number
Name fractional parts shaded given a whole divided into equal parts
Add with regrouping two, three, or four-digit numbers
Subtract with regrouping two .three or four digit numbers
Solve time duration problems involving hours or minutes/after/before/between times given
State or write the time on a clock set to the hour or half hour
Solve story problems requiring 2 or 3 steps
Solve story problems requiring addition and subtraction
State the total of a variety of coins in different combinations up to $1.00
Indicate ordinals 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and last
Indicate greater than or less than using < and >
Regroup and subtract two, three and four-digit numbers
State the answer to any multiplication fact 0-9
Subtract without regrouping two or three digit numbers
Indicate greater than or less than using < and >
Compute the sum of 3 numbers with up to 4 digits
Multiply to find the product of a one-digit multiplier and a 2 digit number
State the answer to any multiplication fact 0-9
Multiply to find the product of 2 digit numbers
Solve story problems requiring multiplication and/or division
Multiply 2-digits numbers with regrouping
Indicate the combined value sufficient to make a desired purchase of $5 or less from mixed coins and currency
Compute the sum or difference of 2 fractions with common denominators
GOAL: ORAL EXPRESSION
Define and/or use new vocabulary words in a sentence
Tell a story about a picture or a series of pictures
Correctly complete analogies
Correctly group or classify words
Tell how 2 given words or objects are the same or different
Participate in conversations with the teacher or peer
Correctly answer or ask wh questions
Correctly complete analogies
Participate in conversations with the teacher or peer
Identify words that are synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms
Demonstrate understanding of idioms/words with multiple meanings/figurative language/humor
Follow a series of directions that have been read
GOAL: SOCIAL SKILLS AND TASK
Attend to group lesson without interrupting or getting off task
Complete all work assigned
Significantly reduce the amount of verbal aggression toward others
Seek attention appropriately
Come to class on time with all materials necessary
Consider alternative ways of responding and select the most appropriate response in a structured situation
Remain on task doing an assignment independently
Obey all classroom rules
GOAL: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Repeat a list of up to 6 numbers or words (with more than one syllable) correctly
Identify and respond correctly to auditory material and ignore background noise
Identify words that rhyme
Identify words that start with the same sound
Identify words that end with the same sound
Correctly retell or answer questions about a story that was read
Tell if 2 similar sounding words are the same or different
Repeat a sentence of up to 4 words (with more than one syllable) correctly
Respond appropriately to verbal redirections from his teacher
Execute a series of up to 5 directions (with increasing length and complexity) correctly
Repeat a sentence of up to 6 words (with more than one syllable) correctly