Do you have students who are working on fine motor skills and copying, tracing, or writing a sentence? Here are 6 sets of fine motor skills activities to help your students improve copying a sentence, tracing a sentence, and writing a sentence!Please see individual resources for specific vocabulary included in each set....
Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
IEP Goals: LEVEL 1: Given a short sentence (which has one noun and one verb) to TRACE (3 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) TRACE the sentence by following and remaining within the guided lines provided, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 2: Given a short sentence (which has one noun and one verb) to COPY (3 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) COPY the sentence by using the visual word guides for spelling and word spacing, while remaining within the guided lines, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 3: Given a short sentence (which has one noun and one verb) to WRITE (3 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal prompts as needed), COPY/WRITE one sentence by remaining within the guided lines provided, using proper spacing and letter formation with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 1: Given a short sentence to TRACE (4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) TRACE the sentence by following and remaining within the guided lines provided, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 2: Given a short sentence to COPY (4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) COPY the sentence by using the visual word guides for spelling and word spacing, while remaining within the guided lines, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 3: Given a short sentence to WRITE (4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal prompts as needed), COPY/WRITE one sentence by remaining within the guided lines provided, using proper spacing and letter formation with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 1: Given a short sentence to TRACE (up to 6 words), STUDENT will independently (or prompts as needed), TRACE the sentence along the guided lines (letters), with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 2: Given a short sentence to (up to 6 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) READ the sentence and write the selected response to FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 3: Given a short sentence using (up to 6 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal prompts as needed), COPY/WRITE the sentence by remaining within the guided lines provided, using proper spacing and letter formation with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 1: Given a short sentence using a person (noun or pronoun) as the sentence starter (3 - 4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) TRACE the sentence by following and remaining within the guided lines provided, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 2: Given a short sentence using a person (noun or pronoun) to COPY (3 - 4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal, visual, or hand-over-hand prompts) COPY the sentence by using the visual word guides for spelling and word spacing, while remaining within the guided lines, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
LEVEL 3: Given a short sentence using a noun or pronoun as a sentence starter (3 - 4 words), STUDENT will (independently/with verbal prompts as needed), COPY/WRITE one sentence by remaining within the guided lines provided, using proper spacing and letter formation with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.