Figurative Language and Word Meaning Progress Monitoring Probes Bundle

About this resource

Six grade 3-6 IEP goals for figurative language and word-meaning-in-context — a step up from bare vocabulary, a step short of full passage comprehension — each with six probe forms and a graph scaled to the probe.

Six skills, one per file: personification and hyperbole, onomatopoeia or alliteration, idioms (identify the meaning), denotation and connotation (shades of meaning), mood and tone (identify the word), and adages and proverbs (identify the meaning). This cluster sits next to this store's Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary Bundle (passage-level comprehension) and Word Study & Structural Analysis Bundle (morphology, prefixes/suffixes/roots) without repeating either: these six are about meaning carried by a word or phrase in a short context, not a passage and not word parts.

WHAT IS IN THE BUNDLE - 6 fillable PDFs, 108 pages, 36 probe forms

• Personification and Hyperbole Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50
• Onomatopoeia or Alliteration Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50
• Idioms Identify the Meaning Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50
• Denotation and Connotation Shades of Meaning Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50
• Mood and Tone Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50
• Adages and Proverbs Identify the Meaning Progress Monitoring Probes - 18 pages, 6 forms, $3.50

What Every File Contains

• A goal page: what the probe measures, a sample goal (invented, every bracket edited by your team), the goal frame as type-in fields, a baseline table for three probes and the median, benchmark rows, and administration and scoring directions
• A binder organizer: a print-and-slide binder cover and divider tabs, so the file drops straight into whatever data folder, binder or shared drive the team already uses
• The probe forms: items drawn the same way across six forms (A-F), so a change in the score is the student and not the form
• A teacher answer key: every answer for all six forms, generated by the same code that draws the items, and a Correct ___ / 10 box per form
• A data log and graph: rows for repeated probes, a y-axis already scaled to the probe, the aim line drawn first

What This Is, And What It Is Not

Fillable PDFs. Goal pages, the goal box on every probe form, and data logs are type-in fields: click, type, Save As once per student. The probe forms are meant to be printed: one copy per student per week, the student writes on the form, and that same sheet is the one you score. Works offline with no account or subscription; nothing calculates percents or draws the graph for you.

Not a norm-referenced assessment. No benchmark scores, no "typical" rates; the criteria in the sample goals are in brackets because your team sets them from the baseline and the student's IEP. Every probe is untimed on purpose and the goal pages say so, so the condition stays the same all year.

Who This Is For

Third through sixth grade special education teachers and case managers writing figurative-language or word-meaning IEP goals, reading interventionists, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.