Add a new word to a vocabulary notebook
When to use this goal
For students who meet many new words but keep no record, so words are lost after the lesson. The routine builds a personal reference. Fit depends on present levels in writing or typing; entries can be dictated or typed.
- Baseline
- Look at three entries the student made with only a direction to add the word. Mark each step complete, partial, or missing. Students often skip the own-words meaning and copy the dictionary instead; count that step as partial.
- Tips
- Check entries weekly and use them for review games. A digital log with speech-to-text works for students who write slowly.
- Limits
- Completing entries does not show the student remembers the words; pair with a review or use goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-voc-031.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after a lesson in which 2 or 3 new words were taught, given the student's vocabulary notebook or digital word log, the student will add the word to their vocabulary notebook by completing the 5-step entry routine, performing all 5 steps independently, across 4 consecutive entries, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 5 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 Vocabulary.
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 - Vocabulary
- Baseline
- 2 of 5 steps independently.
- Annual goal371 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after a lesson in which 2 or 3 new words were taught, given the student's vocabulary notebook or digital word log, the student will add the word to their vocabulary notebook by completing the 5-step entry routine, performing all 5 steps independently, across 4 consecutive entries, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After a lesson in which 2 or 3 new words were taught, given the student's vocabulary notebook or digital word log
- Behavior
- The student will add the word to their vocabulary notebook by completing the 5-step entry routine
- Criteria
- Performing all 5 steps independently, across 4 consecutive entries
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing all 5 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive entries
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after a lesson in which 2 or 3 new words were taught, given the student's vocabulary notebook or digital word log, the student will add the word to their vocabulary notebook by completing the 5-step entry routine, performing all 5 steps independently, across 4 consecutive entries, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Write or type the word and the page or lesson where it was found | ||||||||
| 2. Copy the sentence the word came from | ||||||||
| 3. Write a meaning in their own words | ||||||||
| 4. Add a drawing, example, or related word | ||||||||
| 5. Write a new sentence using the word | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 5 of 5).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
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