Sofia has demonstrated exceptional progress across all five IEP goals during this reporting period, with particularly notable achievements in foundational reading skills and reading engagement. Her phonemic awareness skills have reached mastery level, with comprehensive assessments showing all targets met or exceeded [1, 2]. This foundational success is directly transferring to her reading and spelling performance [3], creating a strong base for continued growth.

Key Accomplishments

Sofia's decoding skills have shown remarkable improvement, with accuracy rates reaching 85% for vowel teams and r-controlled vowels, and 80% for multisyllabic words. She now independently applies sound-stretching and blending strategies without prompting and demonstrates strong skills in finger tracking, syllable division, and vowel team recognition [4, 5, 6]. Her understanding of the connection between speech therapy work and reading has solidified [7].

Perhaps most significantly, Sofia has developed a genuine reading identity and enthusiasm. She expressed wanting to "read a chapter book all by myself over break" [8], representing a dramatic shift from a student who previously avoided reading. Her independent reading stamina has increased to 20 minutes with sustained focus, and she actively requests to take books home.

Sofia's reading fluency continues to improve steadily, with words correct per minute increasing from 47 to 50-52 wcpm while maintaining 89-93% accuracy. Her prosody skills consistently rate 3 out of 4, showing appropriate expression and attention to punctuation. Additionally, her self-advocacy skills are developing well, as she proactively seeks support and communicates her learning needs appropriately.

Areas Requiring Continued Focus

While Sofia's literal comprehension remains strong at 85% accuracy, her inferential comprehension requires continued attention, particularly with informational texts [9]. Main idea identification also remains an area for targeted instruction [10]. Reading rate improvement continues to be a focus area to reach the target of 65 wcpm [11].

Sofia's progress trajectory indicates she is well-positioned to meet her annual goals, with her strong foundational skills now supporting higher-level reading competencies.