Goal to Grow

Learning goals, teaching supports, and progress checks

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Keep it anonymous. Do not enter student names or IDs. Information stays on this device unless it is copied or exported.
Quick toolsOpen the resources teachers use most often.
Save your work OptionalAvailable after you choose a grade and standard.
Step 1

Choose the high-leverage skill

Select the enrolled grade, then choose the standard that best matches the documented area of need. Grades K–3 include a separate phonics, decoding, and encoding group.

Grade
Current-performance snapshot

Identify the starting point

No identifying information
Add the three quick baseline choices to see a starting-point reminder.
Step 2

Build a measurable goal-period goal

Define the task and success criterion. Teaching scaffolds belong in the Support Plan; add a support to the goal only if it will be available during progress checks.

Goal-period goal draft

Progression

Progress checkpoints

Editable
Step 3

Select 1–2 supports

Choose supports that address the barrier while preserving the grade-level thinking demand. Each option is labeled by purpose and typical grade fit.

Scaffolds

Choose what the teacher will use

0 of 2 selected
About support types
Instructional scaffoldTemporary teaching support; reduce as independence grows.
Thinking/response toolOrganizes thinking; reduce prompts or completed parts first.
Access supportMay continue when documented; required accommodations are not reduced here.
Task-management supportBuilds planning and navigation; reduce adult reminders.
Select one or two scaffolds to build the support plan.
Step 4

Plan progress monitoring

Use the same task type, directions, scoring rule, and difficulty across data points so changes are meaningful.

Implementation check

Adjustment rule

Printable option

Five-check data chart

This is a preview of the blank tracking form. Select the option below to add it as page 2 of the printable plan.

DateTask / probeResultSupport usedAccess & implementation notesNext action
Step 5

Review and export the finished plan

Check the goal, selected supports, and monitoring plan. Then copy the full plan or create the one-page document.

Planning reminders

Review and individualize

Fields to review
Current plan

Goal
Teaching supports
None selected yet
Monitoring

Unfinished drafts can be printed.

Review and individualize before use. Required accommodations remain in place.

Teacher resources

Use when you need more detail

Original, curriculum-neutral texts: Use these for instruction, practice, or informal checks. For repeated progress monitoring, use a fresh passage with comparable type, length, complexity, and task demands.
Planning focus: Use classroom evidence to identify the language needed for the ELA task, choose supports, and track growing independence.

Choose a grade, then open a skill and standard for language demands, vocabulary, response frames, support options, a companion language objective, and monitoring guidance. These are the same planning guides used in the goal builder.

Choose a blank template to print or edit in Google Docs. For Google Docs, paste the copied template into the new document.

Related high-leverage skill pathways: Start with the enrolled-grade expectation. Look left for related prerequisite skills to assess and teach; look right to see how rigor grows. These conceptual pathways are a planning aid, are not exhaustive, and do not replace the complete Virginia Standards of Learning.
Printable plan

Ready to export or print

The plan contains no student name or ID. Add the optional data chart below, copy everything into a new Google Doc, or print directly and choose “Save as PDF.”

2. Open Google Docs home
Quick start

Create a useful plan in five steps

  1. Choose the skill.Select the student’s enrolled grade and the high-leverage standard connected to the documented need.
  2. Add the starting point.Enter an anonymous baseline summary and select the current accuracy, task complexity, and support level.
  3. Review the goal.Choose when the goal begins, then edit the timeframe, condition, mastery criterion, and remaining progress benchmarks.
  4. Select supports and monitoring.Choose only one or two scaffolds and review the recommended progress-monitoring method.
  5. Check and export.Select Print or export plan. In the preview, add a data chart or scaffold templates, then print or copy for Google Docs.
Keep every plan anonymous. Do not enter student names, ID numbers, or other identifying information. A saved draft remains only in this browser on this device.
Install the app

Add Goal to Grow to this device

Use your browser’s install option to add Goal to Grow.

Desktop Chrome

  1. Open the three-dot menu at the top right of Chrome.
  2. Choose Cast, save and share.
  3. Choose Install page as app (or Install Goal to Grow), then confirm.

iPhone or iPad

  1. Open this page in Safari.
  2. Tap Share.
  3. Choose Add to Home Screen.
  4. Turn on Open as Web App, then tap Add.

Other browsers and Android

Open the browser menu and choose Install app or Add to Home screen.

The app icon will open Goal to Grow in its own full-screen window. No student records are stored.