Writing and spelling goals

Score spelling with correct letter sequences: count each correct pair of letters, run a timed dictation, find the per-minute rate and graph it for IEP progress.

How to score correct word sequences and total words written on a writing probe, with a scored student sample, the counting rules and a weekly graph plan.

Score writing samples for IEP progress with an analytic rubric: build the rows, fix the probe conditions, check agreement, fill the data sheet and graph it.

Choose a spelling intervention from the student's errors: sound mapping, pattern sorts, morphology or personal word lists, with a worked example and data.

A step-by-step paragraph writing strategy using color coding: model it, practice with sentence strips, fade the colors, and track progress with a short rubric.

Twelve compound and complex sentence IEP goals, from because, but and so stems to sentence variety in paragraphs, with sample baselines and comma probes.

Twelve functional writing IEP goals for forms, lists, messages, emails, applications and work logs, with baselines and how to measure them in real tasks.

Sixteen capitalization and punctuation IEP goals for capitals, end marks, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks, each with a baseline and a clear denominator.

Twenty-four IEP goals for editing and revising writing, from picture checklists to reverse outlines, plus a printable editing checklist for students by grade.

Twenty narrative writing IEP goals, from labeling a drawing to writing dialogue, with sample baselines, story grammar rubrics and how to measure progress.

Twelve opinion and argument writing IEP goals, from a first because sentence to a counterclaim essay, each with a sample baseline, criterion and scoring rubric.

Sixteen subject-verb agreement IEP goals for SLPs and teachers, from is and are in speech to agreement in essays, with baselines and obligatory-context scoring.

Twenty IEP goals for writing simple sentences, from word cards to typed and AAC sentences, each with a baseline, a criterion and a measurement method.

Twenty-four informative and explanatory writing IEP goals, from fact sentences to research papers and lab reports, each with a baseline and scoring rubric.

Twenty paragraph writing IEP goals sorted by sub-skill, from topic sentences to paragraph types, each with a sample baseline, a criterion and a measure.

Sixteen spelling IEP goal examples from sounds to Greek roots, each with a baseline and measure, plus how to write spelling goals for students with dyslexia.

Twelve typing and keyboarding IEP goals, from home-row posture to composing on a keyboard, with baselines, timed probes and goals for adapted keyboards.

When a graphic organizer for writing is an accommodation, when it is part of instruction, and when building one is the IEP goal, with a student example.

How SRSD for writing works: the six stages, the self-regulation pieces, a common opinion essay strategy, how to measure progress and one student's scores.

How sentence combining works as a writing intervention: the combining types in teaching order, a 10-week schedule, how to measure it, and one student's results.