Pre-Writing Data Probes for Progress Monitoring
by Learning at Home and School © 2026
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Price: $5 USD
Subjects: ot,handWriting,fineMotorSkills,autism,visualPerception
Grades: 14,13,1,2
Description
Track pre-writing progress quickly and consistently with this developmentally sequenced pre-writing data probe deck. Designed for MTSS progress monitoring and occupational therapy data collection, each slide targets one specific pre-writing skill and includes a simple 1–5 accuracy rubric for easy scoring. Teachers or therapists observe the student’s performance and type the score directly into the slide, making data collection fast and consistent. A notes box allows you to record observations such as grasp, posture, stylus vs. finger use, regulation, or prompting. Early skills include color-coded start and stop dots and a modeling space for adult demonstration. Later slides progress into tracing, copying, and early drawing tasks, including a customizable name tracing slide with dashed letters on tri-lines. Perfect for: • MTSS Tier 1–3 progress monitoring • OT fine motor / visual motor data probes • Pre-writing skill screening • Kindergarten and TK handwriting readiness Skills progress from simple line imitation to tracing, copying, and drawing tasks. Skills Included Vertical line • Horizontal line • Circle • Cross • Square • Diagonal line • X • Triangle • Diamond • Stay inside a path • Curved line tracing • Spiral/loop drawing • Copy shapes • Name tracing • Coloring inside shapes • Connect-the-dots • Draw a person
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