EnglishLanguageDevelopmentProficiencyLevelsGrades912

912 Beginning

Listening/Speaking Verylimited understandingof English Learnstodistinguish andproduceEnglish phonemes Useswords,gestures, andactions Practicesrepetitive socialgreetings Imitatesverbalizations ofothersto communicate Basicneeds Participatein discussionsand activities Respondto simple directions

AdvancedBeginning

Useswordsand/or phrases Usesappropriatesocial greetings Participatesinsocial discussionsonfamiliar topicsandinacademic discussions Developscorrectword orderinphrases Beginstousecontent relatedvocabulary Retellssimplestories andidentifiesthemain points

Reading Expressesselfusingwords, drawings,gestures,and actions: Sequencessimpletext Answersliteral questions Makessimple predictions Awareoffamiliarand unfamiliarsounds Recognizesandproduces rhymingwordscontaining familiarsounds Usesandcomprehendshighly contextualizedvocabulary Followsmultistepwritten directions(e.g.,circle, underline,match) Readsshortphrasesand sentences Beginstounderstandconcepts ofprint Expressesselfusingwords and/orphrasestoidentify: Characters Setting Mainideaanddetails Compareandcontrast Causeandeffect Drawsconclusions Awareoffamiliarand unfamiliarsounds Employswordmeaning strategies Appliesinflectionalendingsto words Increasessightwordand contentareavocabulary Distinguishesbetweengenres Readshighlycontextualized paragraphlengthtext composedofsimplesentences Appliesconceptsofprint

Writing Draws,labels Writesfamiliarwords, sightwords,and unfamiliarwords Writestoname,describe, orcompletealist Beginstouseinvented spelling,capitalletters, participatesingroup editing Audiencemaybeself, teacher,orknownperson Sequencespicturesto assistwithorganization Usesgraphicorganizers toconveymainideasand details Participatesingroup writingprocess

Writesunfamiliarwords andphrases Beginstowriteasongor poembasedonamodel Demonstrates inconsistentuseof: Capitals Punctuation Correctspelling Recordsandgives directions Writesforunfamiliar audience Participatesingroup brainstorming Writesroughdraft, revises,andeditswork Offersfeedbackon otherswriting

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Intermediate

Listening/Speaking Usessimplesentences withinconsistentuse ofsyntax,tense, plurals,and subject/verb agreement Tellsastory,informs, explains,entertains, andparticipatesin socialandacademic discussions Beginstouseroot words,affixes,and cognatestodetermine themeaningofnew words Beginstosupportmain ideaswithdetails

Reading Expressesselfusingsimple sentences Understandsrootsandaffixes Producesunfamiliarsounds Decodesmultisyllabicwords Employswordmeaning strategies Beginstoreadnewtext fluently Increasesvocabularythrough readingacrosscontentareas Usestextfeaturestogain meaning,monitorsfor comprehension,visualizesand describesimagesfromtext, connectstexttoprior knowledge Distinguishesbetween fact/opinionand fantasy/reality,infersand makesgeneralizationsfrom text Readstextcontaining compoundsentences,yes/no questions,negative,simple pastandfuturetense,and pronounreferentsacross contentareas

Writing Writessimplesentences andparagraphs Demonstratesincreasing controlof: Capitals Punctuation Correctspelling Syntax Usesreferencetoolsto selfeditconventions Developsownvoicein writing Organizesparagraph usingatopicsentence andsupportingdetails Distinguishesbetween writingfordifferent audiencesandpurposes Usesbasictransitions Choosesandmaintainsa focus,utilizingatopic sentenceandsupporting details Writesindividuallyandin agroupprocess Writesroughdraft independently

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