Check capitals and periods with a picture checklist
When to use this goal
For kindergarten through second grade students who know a sentence starts with a capital and ends with a mark but forget both while writing. Present levels should show the student can find a missing capital or period when an adult points to the sentence; the checklist moves that check to the student.
- Baseline
- Collect six writing samples and the checked versions. Count an opportunity as met when every sentence was checked and every missing capital and end mark was fixed. Fixes in colored pencil make this easy to see.
- Tips
- Use the same picture checklist the class uses. Checking with a colored pencil shows the fixes and makes the student proud of them. Do not expect young writers to find every error; the routine is the target.
- Limits
- The student may not know where sentences end, which limits end-mark fixes; pair with a sentence goal if needed. Short pieces give few chances. The checklist covers only basic conventions.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-mec-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after writing two or more sentences in a journal or writing folder, given a picture checklist (capital, spaces, end mark), the student will touch each sentence, check it against the picture checklist, and fix any missing capital or end mark independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Baseline: 1 of 6 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 Capitalization, Punctuation & Grammar.
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 - Capitalization, Punctuation & Grammar
- Baseline
- 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal426 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after writing two or more sentences in a journal or writing folder, given a picture checklist (capital, spaces, end mark), the student will touch each sentence, check it against the picture checklist, and fix any missing capital or end mark independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After writing two or more sentences in a journal or writing folder, given a picture checklist (capital, spaces, end mark)
- Behavior
- The student will touch each sentence, check it against the picture checklist, and fix any missing capital or end mark independently
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Twice 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 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- Collection schedule:
- twice weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after writing two or more sentences in a journal or writing folder, given a picture checklist (capital, spaces, end mark), the student will touch each sentence, check it against the picture checklist, and fix any missing capital or end mark independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice 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 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 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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