Emergent Literacy Goals

Students who are just getting started with literacy may engage in activities in a random and inconsistent manner. This poses serious challenges to educators who are trying to write meaningful IEP goals. This list of sample emergent literacy goals have been designed for students with the most significant disabilities, including deaf-blindness. The goals address communication, shared reading, self-selected reading, self-selected writing, and sound awareness.

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Addressing the literacy learning needs of persons with disabilities of all ages.

Tar Heel Reader: Tar Heel Reader is a growing free library of accessible, beginning level readers for students of all ages.

Exemplar Text Supports: A collection of open-source, accessible texts that were created to provide students with significant cognitive disabilities with access to the content of the Exemplar Texts listed in Appendix B of the Common Core State Standards at a complexity level that will help them develop reading skills.