Use math manipulatives for a full center
When to use this goal
For young students whose present levels show manipulatives turning into building or tossing within a minute or two of a math center starting. The math task must be one the student can do with the materials. Present levels decide the starting minutes.
- Baseline
- Time from the center start to the first minute of building, tossing, or leaving the materials. Collect at least five centers with different manipulatives and note which ones hold attention longest.
- Tips
- A short free-exploration minute with the materials before the task often lengthens task time. Work mats keep materials contained without removing them. Accept answers by pointing, speech, or device.
- Limits
- Measures persistence with the materials, not math accuracy. Novel manipulatives draw play the first few times; use familiar ones for data.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-att-041.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a 15-minute math center with manipulatives and a task card, the student will use the manipulatives for the math task on the card by counting, building, matching, or showing an answer independently for at least 10 minutes, on 4 of 5 observed centers, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
Baseline: 2 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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 Sustained Attention & Task Engagement.
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
- Executive Function - Sustained Attention & Task Engagement
- Baseline
- 2 minutes.
- Annual goal353 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a 15-minute math center with manipulatives and a task card, the student will use the manipulatives for the math task on the card by counting, building, matching, or showing an answer independently for at least 10 minutes, on 4 of 5 observed centers, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a 15-minute math center with manipulatives and a task card
- Behavior
- The student will use the manipulatives for the math task on the card by counting, building, matching, or showing an answer independently
- Criteria
- For at least 10 minutes, on 4 of 5 observed centers
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Three times per week
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Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 10 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed centers
- Collection schedule:
- three times per week
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a 15-minute math center with manipulatives and a task card, the student will use the manipulatives for the math task on the card by counting, building, matching, or showing an answer independently for at least 10 minutes, on 4 of 5 observed centers, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at least the target (10 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
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