Name end punctuation marks and their jobs
When to use this goal
For kindergarten and first grade students who read on through periods or cannot say what a question mark tells the reader. Present levels in pointing to words in a sentence show readiness.
- Baseline
- Score the name and the job as separate items (16 per probe). Periods are usually first. Record whether the student confuses periods with commas.
- Tips
- Pair with the adult changing voice at each mark so the job is heard. Reading with expression at punctuation is a fluency goal; this one is naming and explaining the mark.
- Limits
- Naming a mark does not mean the student uses it when reading or writing. Commas and quotation marks are not included.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-pc-012.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during shared reading of a big book, when the adult points to 8 end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark) and asks what it is and what it tells us, the student will name each end mark and tell what it signals to the reader independently with at least 88% accuracy on punctuation mark items, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 25% accuracy.
- 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. 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 Print Concepts & Early Literacy.
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
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- Area of need
- Reading - Print Concepts & Early Literacy
- Baseline
- 25% accuracy.
- Annual goal433 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during shared reading of a big book, when the adult points to 8 end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark) and asks what it is and what it tells us, the student will name each end mark and tell what it signals to the reader independently with at least 88% accuracy on punctuation mark items, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During shared reading of a big book, when the adult points to 8 end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark) and asks what it is and what it tells us
- Behavior
- The student will name each end mark and tell what it signals to the reader independently
- Criteria
- With at least 88% accuracy on punctuation mark items, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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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 88% accuracy on punctuation mark items
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during shared reading of a big book, when the adult points to 8 end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark) and asks what it is and what it tells us, the student will name each end mark and tell what it signals to the reader independently with at least 88% accuracy on punctuation mark items, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.