Read labels and menus with a phone magnifier
When to use this goal
For older students with low vision who need to read price tags, menus, receipts, and labels in the community. Present levels in phone use and in the magnifier app decide fit.
- Baseline
- Plan six small-print reading moments and record whether the student used the phone, asked someone, or skipped the information.
- Tips
- Using the phone looks like what peers do, which many students prefer to a separate device. Asking a staff member is also a valid strategy; note it separately.
- Limits
- Lighting and phone battery affect use. The template does not cover reading long documents.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-lv-025.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during community lessons at a store, restaurant, or pharmacy, with the student's phone, the student will open the magnifier or camera app, zoom and light the text, and read the needed information independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community lessons, as measured by direct observation collected during each community lesson.
Baseline: 2 of 6 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Low Vision & Visual Efficiency.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Vision, Hearing & Assistive Technology - Low Vision & Visual Efficiency
- Baseline
- 2 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal388 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during community lessons at a store, restaurant, or pharmacy, with the student's phone, the student will open the magnifier or camera app, zoom and light the text, and read the needed information independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community lessons, as measured by direct observation collected during each community lesson.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During community lessons at a store, restaurant, or pharmacy, with the student's phone
- Behavior
- The student will open the magnifier or camera app, zoom and light the text, and read the needed information independently
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community lessons
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- During each community lesson
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive community lessons
- Collection schedule:
- during each community lesson
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during community lessons at a store, restaurant, or pharmacy, with the student's phone, the student will open the magnifier or camera app, zoom and light the text, and read the needed information independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive community lessons, as measured by direct observation collected during each community lesson.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.