Complete reading response journal entries
When to use this goal
For upper elementary students who can answer reading response prompts when an adult sits with them but leave most journal entries unfinished during independent reading time. Present levels should show the student can write a few sentences; the goal is finishing assigned entries.
- Baseline
- Review two to three weeks of journals and count entries with at least three sentences that respond to the prompt, out of entries assigned. Note whether unfinished entries are blank, one line, or off-prompt; each points to a different support.
- Tips
- Letting the student choose from a menu of prompts often raises completion more than any other support. Check that the book is one the student can read or listen to. Pair with a rubric goal later if response quality becomes the focus.
- Limits
- Completion counts length and relevance, not depth of response. Missed reading days lower the count for reasons outside the skill; record absences. Journals can go home and get lost, so keep them in class on data weeks.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-exp-063.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during independent reading time, given a reading response journal with one prompt per day, the student will complete each assigned journal entry with at least three sentences that respond to the prompt and name the book independently, completing at least 85% of assigned reading response entries, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
Baseline: 40% of assigned work.
- 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. Work completion fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Work-sample analysis gives work completion 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 Written Expression.
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
- Writing - Written Expression
- Baseline
- 40% of assigned work.
- Annual goal409 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during independent reading time, given a reading response journal with one prompt per day, the student will complete each assigned journal entry with at least three sentences that respond to the prompt and name the book independently, completing at least 85% of assigned reading response entries, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During independent reading time, given a reading response journal with one prompt per day
- Behavior
- The student will complete each assigned journal entry with at least three sentences that respond to the prompt and name the book independently
- Criteria
- Completing at least 85% of assigned reading response entries, across 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Work-sample analysis
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records items completed and items assigned.
Accuracy tracker
Work completion- Student label:
- Target:
- completing at least 85% of assigned reading response entries
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Work-sample analysis
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during independent reading time, given a reading response journal with one prompt per day, the student will complete each assigned journal entry with at least three sentences that respond to the prompt and name the book independently, completing at least 85% of assigned reading response entries, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # reading response entries completed | # reading response entries assigned | % completedcompleted ÷ assigned × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record how many assigned items were completed and how many were assigned for the defined work period.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
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