Teaching · Reading Intervention

Every concept in order.
None left behind.

Structured literacy is cumulative: a concept left half-learned makes every later one harder. List the concepts in your sequence, the lessons taught and the latest reading and spelling accuracy. The tracker marks each concept mastered, building or not started, shows where each student is and flags a concept left behind when the next one started.

Track a studentWhat you get
$19one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Reading Intervention toolkit, $49 for 42 items.

Students

The worked example is made up: a third grader who started silent e before blends were secure, a sixth grader on track and a second grader just starting. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Teaching · Reading Intervention$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per student: code, grade, mastery levels for word reading and spelling, a review point in lessons and, per concept, start date, lessons taught and latest accuracy, with instruction notes. Works out each concept’s status, the count mastered and the concept in progress; flags concepts left before mastery, concepts past the review point, scores over 100 and a fully mastered list.
Who it is for
Reading interventionists, special education teachers and tutors teaching a structured literacy sequence one-to-one or in small groups.
Format
Browser tracker with a saved record per student. Prints one student’s sequence, every student in a table or a blank tracking sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Reading Intervention toolkit ($49) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Reading Intervention space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Enter the mastery levels your team uses.
  2. List the concepts in your teaching order.
  3. Update lessons and accuracy after each check.
  4. Read the flags before planning the week.
  5. Keep notes on errors and reteaching.

Track a student

How a concept becomes mastered

From first lesson to mastered1IntroduceModel the new conceptexplicitly, with sound, letter2PracticeRead and spell words with thepattern, mixed with earlier3CheckRead and spell a fresh set ofwords; record the percent4DecideAt your mastery level in both,move on and keep practicingFrom first lesson to mastered1IntroduceModel the new concept explicitly, withsound, letter and writing together.2PracticeRead and spell words with the pattern,mixed with earlier patterns.3CheckRead and spell a fresh set of words;record the percent correct.4DecideAt your mastery level in both, move onand keep practicing it; below it,reteach.
Mastery is checked in reading and spelling separately: many students read a pattern well before they can spell it.

Your sequence, your criteria

The tracker holds whatever sequence you teach: your program’s, your district’s or your own. It fits programs that move students through an ordered set of concepts, and it reproduces none of them. Mastery levels are yours to set; many teams look for 90 percent or more in both reading and spelling before moving on. Caveat is not affiliated with any program publisher.

Moving on is a decision

Sometimes a student moves on before a concept is secure, to keep momentum or because of the calendar. The tracker does not stop that; it keeps the earlier concept on the list so it stays in daily practice until the scores catch up.

Sources

  1. International Dyslexia Association. Structured literacy: an introductory guide (dyslexiaida.org).
  2. National Center on Intensive Intervention. Data-based individualization: a framework for intensive intervention (intensiveintervention.org).
  3. Birsh, J. R., and Carreker, S. (Eds.). (2018). Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills (4th ed.). Brookes.
  4. Moats, L. C. (2020). Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (3rd ed.). Brookes.

The worked example is made up. Use the mastery levels and decision rules your school or program sets. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.