Solving One Step Addition and Subtraction Equations

About this resource

One skill, start to finish. A solving one step addition and subtraction equations IEP goal, four equivalent timed probe forms that measure it, an answer key and a graph scaled to the probe. Baseline on Monday, goal written by Tuesday, first data point on Friday.

Every form is one page of twenty equations, numbered 1 to 20, each with its own answer box. The first sixteen use positive whole numbers: x + 7 = 15, y - 6 = 9, 12 = n + 5, with the letter first, the letter second, and the equation written backward. The last four use negative numbers. The kind of equation at each number is the same on every form, so a score means the same thing on Form A and on Form D. The letters change from item to item on purpose.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 20 pages, four timed probe forms of twenty equations each (80 equations, none repeated, no two answers alike on one form), a one-page answer key for all four forms, a page of steps with a drawn balance, a six-equation warm-up page, a score bars page for the student, a directions page, a teacher notes page, a binder cover and divider tabs, a family update page

Start Here And The Goal

• A one-page quick start: six steps and which page is for which job
• A goal page with a sample goal (every bracket meant to be edited), the goal frame as type-in fields, a baseline table and three benchmark rows
• A line for the 6.EE.B.7 standard reference and a blank for your state's standard or your district's goal code
• Lines for the time limit and scoring rules, and the supports the IEP allows

Four Timed Forms, A Through D

• A big My name line, one short instruction with a pencil picture, and a big answer box for every equation
• No answers, goal text or scoring strip on a student sheet

Student Pages For Teaching The Steps

• How I Solve It: two worked equations beside a drawn balance (undo it, do it to both sides, check), and one to try
• A warm-up page of six equations with work space, for a partner or a small group before the probe
• My Score Bars: twelve weeks, color a box for each one right

Directions, Answer Key And Teacher Notes

• A directions page: what to say, what is on every form, how each kind of equation is placed
• A one-page answer key: all four forms side by side, equation and answer
• Reading the misses: a number added where it should be taken away, a wrong fact, misses on one kind of equation or only on the negative numbers

Data Log, Graph And Caseload

• A graph scaled 0 to 20 with twelve probe columns and a nine-row log
• A caseload summary grid, a filled-in example (Mateo, invented) and a family update and team handoff page

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. The goal page, data log, caseload page and family update page are type-in fields: open the file in a PDF reader, click a line or a cell, type, and Save As once per student. The probe forms print: the student writes on paper.

It is not a norm-referenced assessment and it carries no benchmark score or "typical" rate. The time limit and the criteria in the sample goal are in brackets because your team sets them from the baseline and the student's IEP. Your district's own rules for goals and scoring go on the blank lines provided.

Who This Is For

Fifth, sixth and seventh grade special education teachers and case managers writing one-step equation goals, intervention teachers, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.