Teaching · Reading Intervention

First try or after help, part by part.

Count prompts and responses for each part of the lesson, tap the counters for pauses, guesses and self-corrections, and note what support worked. The summary shows which part needs the most attention next time.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Reading Intervention toolkit, $49 for 34 items.

The lesson log

One record per student and lesson. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

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

What you finish with
For each lesson, first-try and supported responses for every part, counts of pauses, guesses, self-corrections and off-task moments, the supports that worked, and a summary pointing to next lesson’s start.
Who it is for
Reading interventionists, special education teachers, reading specialists and tutors running structured literacy lessons.
Format
Browser form used during the lesson, with tap counters. Several saved lessons per student; printed with the summary or as a blank observation sheet; CSV with one row per lesson or the parts table; export and import 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 an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
raincount as you go
Drawn for this page. A quick point to the vowel team is a support; a tally beside the lesson shows how often it was needed.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the lesson date.
  2. Note the lesson focus and group.
  3. For each part, count prompts, correct first tries and correct after support.
  4. Tap a counter each time you see a long pause, a guess, a self-correction or a moment off task.
  5. Read the summary and plan where to start next lesson.

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What the log is for

First try and after support

A response that is right only after a prompt tells you the skill is emerging. Counting both shows how much of the lesson the student could do alone, and in which part support was needed most.

What the tallies show

Guessing from the first letter or a picture suggests the student is not yet looking through the whole word. Long pauses before correct answers suggest accuracy without speed. Self-corrections show monitoring, a good sign worth naming to the student.

What this log is not

It is not a measure of reading level and gives no benchmark. It records one lesson for planning the next.

Sources

  1. Foorman, B., and others (2016). Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008). What Works Clearinghouse practice guide.
  2. Gersten, R., and others (2008). Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (NCEE 2009-4045). What Works Clearinghouse practice guide.
  3. Archer, A. L., and Hughes, C. A. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (2011), on checking for understanding and corrective feedback.
  4. Kilpatrick, D. A. Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (2015).

The example student is made up. The log records one lesson; it does not measure reading level or screen for a disability. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.