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Find the area of rectangles by counting squares and by formula

3-5, 6-8Percent accuracyTemplateReview and individualize before use. How templates are made
When to use this goal

For students who count squares in a grid but cannot move to length times width, or who add instead of multiply. Present levels in multiplication facts and in arrays decide readiness.

Baseline
Require the unit (square inches, not inches) and decide whether a missing or wrong unit counts as an error. The add-instead-of-multiply error and the perimeter-instead-of-area error are the two to track.
Tips
Arrays and area are the same picture; connect them. Real tasks (how much paper covers the bulletin board, how much tile for a floor) give older students a reason for the formula.
Limits
Rectangles only; triangles, parallelograms and composite figures are a separate template. Formula use can be mechanical; the grid condition checks meaning.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-geo-017.

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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.

Sample numbers. Replace them with the student's data.

Criterion wording

Data collection

Scoring completed student work (permanent products) against a defined answer key or checklist.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, given 10 rectangles drawn on a square grid, the student will count or multiply to find the area and write it in square units independently with at least 85% accuracy on area problems, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.

Baseline: 35% accuracy.

  • Condition
  • 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. Work-sample analysis 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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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
35% accuracy.
Annual goal307 characters
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 rectangles drawn on a square grid, the student will count or multiply to find the area and write it in square units independently with at least 85% accuracy on area problems, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
Given 10 rectangles drawn on a square grid
Behavior
The student will count or multiply to find the area and write it in square units independently
Criteria
With at least 85% accuracy on area problems, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes
Evaluation method
Work-sample analysis
Schedule
Every two weeks

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Matching data sheet

Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.

Accuracy tracker

Percent accuracy
Student label:
 
Target:
with at least 85% accuracy on area problems
Mastery rule:
on 3 of 4 consecutive probes
Collection schedule:
every two weeks
Method:
Work-sample analysis
Data collector:
 

Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 rectangles drawn on a square grid, the student will count or multiply to find the area and write it in square units independently with at least 85% accuracy on area problems, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.

Accuracy tracker
DateTask / materials# correct# attempted% accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal promptNotes

Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.

  • Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
  • Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
  • Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.

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