Drafting math IEP goals have become one of my favorite tasks. I actually love teaching math and moving students from one area of mastery to another. In this blog post, I’ve drafted 8 math IEP goals that you can use with your students. Don’t be overwhelmed if these skills seem difficult. The idea of writing grade level aligned IEP goals is that students are making progress towards grade level standards. I’ve made it so these goals are easy for you to customize for your students.
As you read through this post, you’ll notice that some of the numbers in the math IEP goals are bold and italicized. This means that you have free range to change those numbers to suit the needs of your student. If your student isn’t ready to count to 120? No big deal, change it to 30.
1. Counting on from a given number
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a number from 0-120, (NAME) will determine the next 5 numbers in the sequence when counting by 1s with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.1
This goal focuses on counting to 120 as is aligned in the 1st grade common core state standards. I want you to remember that when you’re writing IEP goals, you’re writing towards deficits. Often times your students may not be able to count to 120. It’s ok to go in and change the target range. If your student is only able to count to 10 at this point, maybe 20 is a better target range for them than 120 in the coming year. This goal is a guideline to get you moving towards grade level standards.
Here are some resource you can use to progress monitor this goal:
2. Composing and decomposing numbers to 19
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a number from 11-19 (STUDENT) will use base 10 blocks to represent the number with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.2b
Students aren’t ready to build with 10s and 1s yet? That’s ok! You can edit this goal so students are using unit cubes to represent numbers 1-10. That would still align to this standard as you’re building the prerequisite skills so students can do this in the future.
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
3. Comparing 2-digit numbers
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given 2 number from 1-50 and access to base 10 blocks, (STUDENT) will compare the numbers with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.3
The first grade standard states that students will compare 2-digit numbers. I’d pick numbers that your students are confident with. If they’re not ready for 2-digit numbers, it’s ok to work with 1-digit numbers. You will still be making progress towards this first grade standard.
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
4. Identifying 10 more/10 less than a given number
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a number from 1-100, (STUDENT) will identify the numbers that are 10 more and 10 less than the target number with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.5
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
- One More One Less Ten More Ten Less Addition and Subtraction Task Cards
- Ten More Ten Less Cootie Catchers Spring
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a 100s chart and a number from 1-100, (STUDENT) will identify the number that is 10 more than the target number with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.5
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
You’ll notice I’ve written 2 goals here. The first one would be aligned completely to the common core standards. The second goal is focusing on a piece of that standard. It’s ok to break standards apart and focus on part of it. It would even be ok to break it down to identifying 1 more and 1 less. That would be a prerequisite skill that students need to learn.
5. Subtracting multiples of 10
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a subtraction problem of 2-digit numbers with the second number ending in 0, (STUDENT) will solve the problem with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.6
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given a subtraction problem of a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number that does not require regrouping, (STUDENT) will solve the problem with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.6
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
IEP GOAL: By (DATE), when given 5 subtraction problems with numbers less than 10, (STUDENT) will solve the problem with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials as measured by teacher charted data.
Aligns to: 1.NBT.6
Here are some resources you can use to progress monitor this goal:
- Subtraction within 10 Mega Pack for Special Education
- Subtraction Flipbooks for Subtraction Facts within 10
- Subtraction within 10 Interactive PDFs
- Daily Math Practice for Students with Autism- Level 4/Subtraction with Visuals
I’ve shared 3 goals for this standard. The first goal would be targeting the first grade standard. If you need to work towards that, the second goal has prerequisite skills your student may want to practice. The third goal I shared targets skills that a lot of my first grade students were working on. They often aren’t able to subtract 2-digit numbers if they don’t understand the concept of subtraction.
Those are some of my tried and true IEP goals for understanding place value and leading up to regrouping. If you’re looking for more math IEP goals, you can find them here.
What would you like to see goals for in my next post? Let me know in the comments!
