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Name solid shapes and match them to real objects

K-2, 3-5Percent accuracyTemplateReview and individualize before use. How templates are made
When to use this goal

For students who know flat shapes but call a ball a circle and a box a square. Present levels in naming 2D shapes should be reliable first.

Baseline
Record whether the student uses the flat-shape name (circle for sphere) because that is the main confusion and the instructional target. Cube versus rectangular prism is the hardest pair; probe it separately.
Tips
Real objects (ball, dice, can, ice cream cone, cereal box) make the names stick. Adding attributes (faces, edges, whether it rolls) is a natural next objective.
Limits
Naming solids is vocabulary; it does not show spatial reasoning. Curriculum names vary (box versus rectangular prism); use the classroom's words.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-geo-006.

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Student

How the goal refers to the student

Skill

What the student will do

Something an adult can see, count or time.

Condition

When or under what conditions

Support

Support allowed

Criterion

Percent of attempted items answered correctly.

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Criterion wording

Data collection

Each planned or naturally occurring opportunity is recorded as correct/independent, prompted, or not demonstrated.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, given one solid at a time from a set of sphere, cube, cone, cylinder and rectangular prism, the student will name each solid independently with at least 90% accuracy on solid shapes, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.

Baseline: 30% accuracy.

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  • Observable behavior
  • Criterion
  • Measurement method

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Measurability check11 of 11 met
  • Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.

  • Met: Condition. Stated.

  • Met: Unit fits the behavior. Percent accuracy 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 percent accuracy 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 Geometry & Spatial Reasoning.

  • Met: Level of support. Defined.

  • Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.

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When are objectives required?

Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.

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Area of need
Math - Geometry & Spatial Reasoning
Baseline
30% accuracy.
Annual goal331 characters
By the annual IEP review date, given one solid at a time from a set of sphere, cube, cone, cylinder and rectangular prism, the student will name each solid independently with at least 90% accuracy on solid shapes, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
Given one solid at a time from a set of sphere, cube, cone, cylinder and rectangular prism
Behavior
The student will name each solid independently
Criteria
With at least 90% accuracy on solid shapes, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions
Evaluation method
Opportunity-by-opportunity data
Schedule
Twice weekly

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Matching data sheet

Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.

The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.