Complete a paragraph frame about a choice
When to use this goal
For students with significant support needs who write or select single words and short sentences and are ready for a short organized paragraph using a frame. Present levels should describe the student's writing mode (pencil, keyboard, word bank, AAC).
- Baseline
- Over five sessions with different topics, record each completed frame and the support used. Count a frame as met when all blanks are filled and the reasons fit the choice.
- Tips
- Pick topics the student cares about (music, food, a sport, a place). The frame shows paragraph structure even before the student can write one alone. Fade parts of the frame one at a time.
- Limits
- Frames provide the structure; the goal measures filling it meaningfully, not independent organization. Repeated frames can become rote; change topics often. Spelling is not scored.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID wr-par-035.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a five-sentence paragraph frame with spaces for a favorite thing, two reasons, and a closing, and a picture word bank, the student will fill in every space in the paragraph frame so the topic, two reasons, and closing all fit the student's choice, then read or play it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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 Paragraph Organization.
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 - Paragraph Organization
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal459 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a five-sentence paragraph frame with spaces for a favorite thing, two reasons, and a closing, and a picture word bank, the student will fill in every space in the paragraph frame so the topic, two reasons, and closing all fit the student's choice, then read or play it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a five-sentence paragraph frame with spaces for a favorite thing, two reasons, and a closing, and a picture word bank
- Behavior
- The student will fill in every space in the paragraph frame so the topic, two reasons, and closing all fit the student's choice, then read or play it back independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of data
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- 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 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks of data
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a five-sentence paragraph frame with spaces for a favorite thing, two reasons, and a closing, and a picture word bank, the student will fill in every space in the paragraph frame so the topic, two reasons, and closing all fit the student's choice, then read or play it back independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 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 | # + (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.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.