Point to dictated words on a class chart
When to use this goal
For young students who dictate ideas for a class chart but do not connect their spoken words to the print written down. Present levels in dictating a short sentence decide fit.
- Baseline
- Collect five dictations over a week or two. Count an opportunity when the student points to the print (not the drawing) and moves along it while saying the sentence, even if pointing does not match word by word.
- Tips
- This shows that print holds a message the student made. Read the chart together often. Students who use AAC can compose on their device and point to the printed result.
- Limits
- Students recall their own sentence, so this is not reading. Long dictations are harder to point to; keep them to one sentence.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-pc-017.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after the student dictates a sentence that the adult writes on a class experience chart, the student will point to the words of their dictated sentence while saying it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 1 of 5 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 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
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 - Print Concepts & Early Literacy
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal352 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after the student dictates a sentence that the adult writes on a class experience chart, the student will point to the words of their dictated sentence while saying it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After the student dictates a sentence that the adult writes on a class experience chart
- Behavior
- The student will point to the words of their dictated sentence while saying it back independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- 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:
- in at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after the student dictates a sentence that the adult writes on a class experience chart, the student will point to the words of their dictated sentence while saying it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, 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 | # + (of 5) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 5 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.
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