writing common core aligned iep goals

Writing Standards-based IEPs

with the Common Core

The Challenge

Good artists borrow.

Great artists steal.

-- Pablo Picasso

Writing GoalsWe follow a strict content development methodology based on best practices

1. Core Purpose

Our Goals

2. Measurable

3. Goalbook

Agenda

What is the Core Purpose of a Standard?

Practice Identifying the Core Purpose

Writing Measurable Goals

Practice

Introducing Goalbook

Anatomy of a Goalbook Goal

Goalbook Scavenger Hunt

Q&A

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Identify the Core Purpose

Select a grade level standard Identify the core purpose Write a measurable goal

Core Purpose

Quote accurately from a text when

explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

5th Grade

Reading Literacy

Standard 1

Use quotes when explaining a text

Use evidence when explaining

Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g.,

interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects

in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example,

describe a context in which a total number

of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.

3th Grade

Operations and

Algebraic Thinking

Standard

Understand multiplication

as groupings of objects

Core Purpose

Explain how specific aspects of a text’s

illustrations contribute to what is conveyed

by the words in a story (e.g., create mood,

emphasize aspects of a character or

setting).

3rd Grade

Reading Literature

Standard 7

Explain how an illustration

contributes to the story

Describe in depth a character, setting, or

event in a story or drama, drawing on

specific details in the text (e.g., a

character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

4th Grade

Reading Literature

Standard 3

Describe a story element using

details from the text

Draw on information from multiple print or

digital sources, demonstrating the ability to

locate an answer to a question quickly or to

solve a problem efficiently.

5th Grade

Reading Informational

Standard 7

Answer questions using multiple sources

Determine a central idea of a text and how it

is conveyed through particular details;

provide a summary of the text distinct from

personal opinions or judgments.

6th Grade

Reading Informational

Standard 2

Determine main idea and

supporting details of text

Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s

plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well

as how the characters respond or change

as the plot moves toward a resolution.

.

6th Grade

Reading Literature

Standard 3

Describe changes

in plot and characters

Trace and evaluate the argument and

specific claims in a text, assessing whether

the reasoning is sound and the evidence is

relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

7th Grade

Reading Informational

Standard 8

Evaluate an argument based on

reasoning and evidence

Determine an author’s point of view or

purpose in a text and analyze how the

author acknowledges and responds to

conflicting evidence or viewpoints.

8th Grade

Reading Informational

Standard 6

Determine the author’s

purpose in the text

Core Purpose

Write a measurable

goal

Select a grade level standard Identify the core purpose Write a measurable goal

Quote accurately from a text when

explaining what the text says explicitly and

when drawing inferences from the text.

5th Grade

Reading Informational

Standard 1

Use quotes when explaining a text

Use quotes when explaining a text5.RI.1

Measurable?

By Feb 2014, Linus will use

quotes when explaining a text.

Use quotes when explaining a text5.RI.1

How about now?

By Feb 2014, Linus will use

quotes when explaining a textwith 80% accuracy in 2 out of 3

trials.

Common Core Verbs

Analyze

Determine

Evaluate

Identify

Interpret Explain

Representation Action & Expression

Specific Criteria

Components of Measurable Goal

Representation

Representation

How will the task be presented to the student?

Given _________________, Linus will …

After __________________, Linus will …

Representation

Representation

By Feb 2014, Linus will use

quotes when explaining a

text with 80% accuracy in 2

out of 3 trials

Representation

Representation

After independently reading a

grade level article, …

After listening to a grade level

article read aloud and then

reading independently, …

Action & Expression

Expression

What observable evidence will the student produce when they perform the task?

… , Linus will ____________________

Action & Expression

Expression

By Feb 2014, Linus will use

quotes when explaining a

text with 80% accuracy in 2

out of 3 trials

Action & Expression

Expression

… Linus will write a brief

summary of the article (5-8

sentences) which describes the

author’s main idea, includes at

least three of the author’s key

points, and use at least three

quotations from the text.

Given _________________,

Linus will …

After __________________,

Linus will …

Representation

… , Linus will

____________________

Expression

Specific Criteria

Specific Criteria

How will you know if the student accomplished the task?

Specific Criteria

Specific Criteria

By Feb 2014, Linus will use

quotes when explaining a

text with 80% accuracy in

2 out of 3 trials

Specific Criteria

Specific Criteria

… write a brief summary of the article (5-8

sentences) which describes the author’s

main idea, includes at least three of the

author’s key points, and uses at least

three quotations from the text.

By Feb 2014, after independently

reading a grade level article, Linus will

write a brief summary of the article (5-8

sentences) which describes the author’s

main idea, includes at least three of the

author’s key points, and use at least

three quotations from the text.

Our Measurable Goal

By Feb 2014, Linus

will use quotes when

explaining a text with

80% accuracy in 2 out

of 3 trials.

Demo

Searching for Goals

Demo

Anatomy of a Goal

Activity

Goal Bank Scavenger Hunt

Q & Ahello@goalbookapp.com