Add vivid details to personal stories
When to use this goal
For students whose personal stories have the main events but read like a bare list ("I went to the park. I played. I went home."). Elaboration adds descriptions, dialogue, feelings, and specific names. Base the choice on scored personal narrative samples. For story structure, see sl-nar-005.
- Baseline
- Record five personal stories and count elaborating details in each. Note which kinds the student uses and which never appear. Ask families for topics so the student has real events to tell.
- Tips
- Each story is one opportunity, scored correct with two or more elaborating details. Let the student choose events; personal stories from home, community, and faith or cultural life are all welcome. Storytelling styles vary across families, and longer, topic-linked stories are a strength to build on. Any mode counts.
- Limits
- Details are hard to verify; the goal scores language, not accuracy of the memory. Some students do not want to share personal events; offer a picture-based or invented story instead.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-nar-032.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when telling about a recent personal event chosen by the student (such as a game, a visit, or a trip to the store), the student will tell the personal story with at least two elaborating details (such as a description, a quote of what someone said, a feeling, or a specific name or place) independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
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 Narrative Language & Retelling.
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
- Speech & Language - Narrative Language & Retelling
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal480 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when telling about a recent personal event chosen by the student (such as a game, a visit, or a trip to the store), the student will tell the personal story with at least two elaborating details (such as a description, a quote of what someone said, a feeling, or a specific name or place) independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When telling about a recent personal event chosen by the student (such as a game, a visit, or a trip to the store)
- Behavior
- The student will tell the personal story with at least two elaborating details (such as a description, a quote of what someone said, a feeling, or a specific name or place) independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Every two weeks
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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:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- every two weeks
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when telling about a recent personal event chosen by the student (such as a game, a visit, or a trip to the store), the student will tell the personal story with at least two elaborating details (such as a description, a quote of what someone said, a feeling, or a specific name or place) independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
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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