Add integers with two-color counters
When to use this goal
For students who apply sign rules they half-remember and need a model that shows why -5 + 3 is -2. Present levels in placing integers on a number line decide readiness.
- Baseline
- Include problems with mixed signs and with the same sign. Record whether errors are in the zero pairs or in the sign of the answer.
- Tips
- Move from counters to the number line and then to rules in later objectives. The counter model also explains subtracting a negative by adding zero pairs.
- Limits
- Counters become slow with numbers past 20. Does not measure fluency with integer rules.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-as-047.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 integer addition problems from -10 to 10 and a set of two-color counters, the student will build each problem with counters, remove zero pairs and write the answer independently on at least 9 of 10 items, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 3 of 10 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. Opportunity (trial) recording 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 Addition & Subtraction.
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
- Math - Addition & Subtraction
- Baseline
- 3 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal340 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 integer addition problems from -10 to 10 and a set of two-color counters, the student will build each problem with counters, remove zero pairs and write the answer independently on at least 9 of 10 items, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 integer addition problems from -10 to 10 and a set of two-color counters
- Behavior
- The student will build each problem with counters, remove zero pairs and write the answer independently
- Criteria
- On at least 9 of 10 items, across 3 consecutive sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- on at least 9 of 10 items
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 integer addition problems from -10 to 10 and a set of two-color counters, the student will build each problem with counters, remove zero pairs and write the answer independently on at least 9 of 10 items, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.