Turn speech bubbles into quoted sentences
When to use this goal
For second and third graders who are starting to write what characters say but leave out quotation marks or put them around the whole sentence. Present levels should show reliable end punctuation; speech bubbles make the spoken words easy to see.
- Baseline
- Give two probes of 8 panels. Score correct when quotation marks open and close around the spoken words only. Comma placement is noted but not scored at this level.
- Tips
- Speech bubbles are a familiar way into quotation marks. Move to dialogue in the student's own stories once the probe is easy. Full dialogue punctuation with commas comes later.
- Limits
- Panel tasks are much easier than punctuating dialogue while writing a story. Commas are not scored here. Reading the bubbles requires some decoding; read them aloud if needed.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-mec-027.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 8 comic panels with a speech bubble and a named speaker in each, the student will write a sentence for each panel that names the speaker and puts quotation marks around only the words in the speech bubble independently with at least 80% accuracy on comic panels, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
Baseline: 20% accuracy.
- 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. Percent accuracy 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 percent accuracy 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
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- Area of need
- Writing - Capitalization, Punctuation & Grammar
- Baseline
- 20% accuracy.
- Annual goal390 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 8 comic panels with a speech bubble and a named speaker in each, the student will write a sentence for each panel that names the speaker and puts quotation marks around only the words in the speech bubble independently with at least 80% accuracy on comic panels, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 8 comic panels with a speech bubble and a named speaker in each
- Behavior
- The student will write a sentence for each panel that names the speaker and puts quotation marks around only the words in the speech bubble independently
- Criteria
- With at least 80% accuracy on comic panels, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Work-sample analysis
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 80% accuracy on comic panels
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Work-sample analysis
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 8 comic panels with a speech bubble and a named speaker in each, the student will write a sentence for each panel that names the speaker and puts quotation marks around only the words in the speech bubble independently with at least 80% accuracy on comic panels, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- 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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