Calendar Skills IEP goals
24 templates across 15 skills: functional academics, community services: library, post office & bank, measurement, time & money, functional routines, time management, planning, receptive language, spelling, daily living skills, school-related independence, leisure & recreation, sight word recognition, capitalization, punctuation & grammar, employment foundations, digital literacy & online safety. Open any goal to set the baseline and target from your own data, then print the matching data sheet.
24 templates · 15 skills · Pre-K, K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 · How we write and review goals
Top skills
The 8 most relevant skills, with sample goals. Numbers are illustrative; set targets from the student's own baseline.
Functional Academics Functional & Independence Skills
Answer questions from a weekly schedule or calendar
Reading a schedule or calendar
By the annual IEP review date, given the student's weekly class schedule and 10 questions (what class is at 10:00 on Tuesday, when is PE), the student will answer the questions by finding the information on the schedule or calendar independently with at least 85% accuracy on schedule questions, on 3 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
Record and find dates on a calendar
Using a calendar for dates
By the annual IEP review date, given a monthly paper calendar and 5 events with dates to record and later find, the student will record each event on the correct date and find it when asked independently with at least 90% accuracy on calendar entries and questions, on 3 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
Community Services: Library, Post Office & Bank Transition & Postsecondary Skills
Renew library items before the due date
Library card, finding and renewing materials
By the annual IEP review date, when a borrowed library item is due within three days, using the library app, website or phone line, the student will check the due date, renew the item before it is due and note the new date in their calendar independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by frequency recording collected at each due date.
See all 18 community services: library, post office & bank goals
Name the day, month and date during the calendar routine
Calendar: days, months and today
By the annual IEP review date, during the daily calendar routine, when asked what day it is, what day was yesterday, and what day tomorrow will be, the student will say or select the day of the week, yesterday and tomorrow independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during the calendar routine.
Find dates and count days on a calendar
Reading a calendar
By the annual IEP review date, given a monthly calendar and 10 questions such as "what day of the week is the 14th?" or "how many days until the field trip?", the student will answer each question by locating the date on the calendar independently with at least 90% accuracy on calendar questions, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.
Functional Routines Functional & Independence Skills
Check a phone calendar for the next class
Routines with a digital schedule
By the annual IEP review date, at each passing period, given a phone or school device with the class schedule entered in a calendar app, the student will open the calendar, read the next entry, and go to that class or location independently in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected two days per week, scoring each passing period.
Time Management Executive Function
Count the days to a calendar event
Counting days to an event
By the annual IEP review date, during morning meeting, with an upcoming event marked on the class calendar, the student will count and state the number of school days until the event independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Planning Executive Function
Enter due dates on a monthly calendar when they are announced
Using a calendar for due dates
By the annual IEP review date, when a test, project, or long-term assignment date is announced in class, the student will enter the due date and assignment name on the monthly calendar on the day it is announced independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly reviews, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly calendar check, summarized monthly.
Receptive Language Speech & Language
Answer questions with yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Time words
By the annual IEP review date, given a weekly calendar with pictured events and 10 spoken questions with time words (such as "What did we do yesterday?"), the student will point to the day or event on the calendar that matches the time word independently with at least 85% accuracy on time-word questions, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.
Spelling Writing
Write days of the week and months
Functional calendar words
By the annual IEP review date, given dictation of the seven days of the week and twelve months in random order, the student will spell each day and month name correctly with a capital letter independently with at least 95% accuracy on day and month names, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
All 15 skills
Every skill with goals for this group, by area. The number is how many of its goals are tagged here.
Functional & Independence Skills
Transition & Postsecondary Skills
Executive Function
Speech & Language
Reading
Science, Social Studies & Digital Literacy
Calendar skills goals come from measurement and time, functional academics, time management, planning, receptive language, and early reading and spelling. They cover naming the day and date, reading and writing days and months, answering questions with yesterday, today, and tomorrow, finding a date, counting days to an event, writing the date on papers, and adding appointments to a paper or phone calendar. Good goals name the calendar format, the questions asked, and the support, such as a highlighted today box. Most are measured with percent accuracy on a set of calendar questions, and using a calendar in daily life is counted as opportunities. Use the student's real calendar, with their own events and appointments, so the skill carries over.
Matching data sheets
Each goal above links to the blank sheet built for its measure. These are the sheets this set of goals uses:
Frequently asked questions
How do I write a calendar skills IEP goal?
Name the calendar and the questions. For example: given a monthly calendar, the student will find the date of a named day and count the days to an event with at least 80% accuracy across 3 sessions.
Are calendar goals only for young students?
No. Older students work on phone calendars, appointment reminders, paydays, and due dates. Match the format to what the student will use as an adult.
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