Show sound counts in a class warm-up
When to use this goal
For students who do well in small-group sound work but drop out of the whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up, where everyone responds together. A finger signal gives the student an observable way to take every turn. Present levels decide fit.
- Baseline
- Observe 10 items in a warm-up. Score a response correct when it is on time and right; copying a peer late counts as not independent. Note whether the student responds at all.
- Tips
- Builds access to core instruction. Ask the classroom teacher to use the same signal every day.
- Limits
- Observation in a large group is hard; sit where the student's hand can be seen. Finger counts show counting, not each sound.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-pa-044.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a 10-minute whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up, when the teacher says a word and the class shows the number of sounds, the student will hold up the number of fingers or the card that matches the number of sounds in the word independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed warm-ups, as measured by direct observation collected twice 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. 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 Phonological Awareness.
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
- Reading - Phonological Awareness
- Baseline
- 3 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal401 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a 10-minute whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up, when the teacher says a word and the class shows the number of sounds, the student will hold up the number of fingers or the card that matches the number of sounds in the word independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed warm-ups, as measured by direct observation collected twice weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a 10-minute whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up, when the teacher says a word and the class shows the number of sounds
- Behavior
- The student will hold up the number of fingers or the card that matches the number of sounds in the word independently
- Criteria
- In at least 8 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed warm-ups
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Twice weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 8 of 10 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed warm-ups
- Collection schedule:
- twice weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a 10-minute whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up, when the teacher says a word and the class shows the number of sounds, the student will hold up the number of fingers or the card that matches the number of sounds in the word independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed warm-ups, as measured by direct observation collected twice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- 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.