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Language Proficiency Level
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Listening
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Speaking
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Recount
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Explain
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Argue
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Recount
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Explain
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Argue
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Level
1
Entering
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● Mimic gestures or movement associated with oral commands
● Match key words or expressions in songs, chants, and poems to illustrations
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● Identify real-life objects based on descriptive oral phrases or short sentences
● Point to objects or people reflective of content-related vocabulary
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● Answer questions about likes and preferences
● Identify words or phrases that express opinions
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● Repeat words, phrases and memorized chunks of language related to different topics
● Answer yes or no questions about stories or experiences
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● Answer questions with words or phrases
● Describe pictures or classroom objects
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● Express preferences in naming and pointing to objects
● Repeat language to express agreement or disagreement
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Level
2
Emerging
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● Act out oral statements using manipulatives or real-life objects
● Point to objects, characters or places from oral descriptions
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● Classify real-life objects according to their function based on oral directions
● Interpret oral descriptions and matching them to illustrations
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● Evaluate options to make personal choices from oral simple sentences
● Signal agreement or disagreement with short oral statements using gestures
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● State content-related facts in context
● Describe characters or places in picture books
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● Demonstrate how to do something using gestures or real-life objects
● Describe what people do from action pictures
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● Respond to short statements or questions about choices
● State likes and dislikes to participate in conversations with peers
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Level
3
Developing
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● Sequence pictures of stories read aloud
● Follow modeled oral instructions related to content
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● Follow peer statements to create projects
● Identify illustrated cycles or processes described orally
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● Classify objects according to descriptive oral statements
● Follow conditional directions
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● Retell simple stories from picture cues
● Participate in dialog with peers on familiar topics
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● State associations between two objects, people, or events
● Tell why something happened
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● Describe characters or objects using pictures or actions
● State choices of materials or supplies and reasons for their selection
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Level
4
Expanding
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● Identify characters, plots, and settings from oral stories
● Find details in illustrated narrative or informational text read aloud
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● Follow illustrated content-related procedures shared orally
● Organize real-life objects based on oral comparisons
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● Organize information from oral comparisons of people or objects
● Identify claims about real-life objects or events based on observations or experiences
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● Restate information with some details
● Summarize a series of familiar events or routines
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● Connect ideas by building on guided conversations with peers
● Describe in detail the function of objects or roles of people
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● Justify the use of objects for particular purposes
● Support content-related ideas with examples
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Level
5
Bridging
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● Construct models based on instructions from extended oral discourse with a partner
● Follow multistep oral directions during content-related activities
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● Organize causes and effects of various phenomena presented orally
● Use strategies and procedures shared by peers
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● Identify claims and reasons from oral discourse
● Identify reasons for choices from oral stories
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● Present information on content-related topics
● Share details about personal experiences with peers and adults
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● State conditions for cause and effect
● Elaborate on details of content-related procedures
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● Compare and contrast content-related ideas
● Provide evidence for specific claims
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Language Proficiency Level
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Reading
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Writing
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xx
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Recount
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Explain
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Argue
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Recount
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Explain
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Argue
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Level
1
Entering
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● Using pictures and illustrations to identify themes or storylines
● Matching vocabulary to illustrated stories
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● Identify icons from illustrated texts or media with a partner
● Sort objects according to their use based on labeled illustrations
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● Categorize labeled pictures or photographs
● Identify opinions from illustrated statements
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● Form words using a variety of strategies
● Answer Wh- oral questions or using icons to plan stories
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● Design, draw and label content-specific models
● Identify topics through photographs, illustrated word walls, or software
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● Indicate agreement with opinions of others using labeled drawings
● Draw icons or symbols to represent preferences
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Level
2
Emerging
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● Pointing to icons, letters, or illustrated words that represent ideas
● Identifying repetitive words and phrases in texts
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● Match descriptive labels or headings to illustrated text
● Identify labeled illustrations signaled by Wh- questions
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● Identify information related to events from graphics
● Share likes and dislikes using environmental print
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● Providr information in graphic organizers
● Present content related information labeling visuals or graphics
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● Label and illustrate observations over time
● Describe people, places, or objects from illustrated examples
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● Produce simple sentences from models about likes, wants, and needs
● Supply facts about topics
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Level
3
Developing
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● Identifying Wh- words in questions
● Recalling content-related information from illustrated texts read aloud
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● Sort illustrated content words and phrases into categories
● Match labeled illustrations to “how” or “why” questions
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● Identify persuasive words in written phrases or statements in context
● Identify language of wants and needs in illustrated short stories read aloud
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● Describe feelings or reactions to personal events or situations
● Recall information from events or experiences
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● Classify illustrated words and phrases into groups
● Compare real-life objects, numbers, or animals using models
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● Participate in interactive journals with peers
● State preferences related to social and academic topics
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Level
4
Expanding
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● Identifying the main topic of texts
● Ordering illustrations based on sequence of events from texts read aloud
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● Find details in illustrated narrative or informational texts read aloud
● Identify what authors say in oral stories
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● Distinguish characters' opinions or preferences from illustrated text read aloud
● Determine the author's point of view from illustrated texts
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● Produce a series of related sentences from transition word starters
● Describe observations firsthand or from media
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● Describe models related to content-related phenomena in pictures or real-life
● Express feelings and a reason related to situations or events
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● Describe patterns in processes and stories to use as evidence
● State reasons for particular claims or opinions in content-related topics
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Level
5
Bridging
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● Distinguishing among characters, settings, and events in narratives
● Reconstructing texts read orally using drawings or reenacting text with performances
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● Order content-related events according to information in illustrated texts
● Identify steps or stages of content-related processes or events from informational or explanatory texts
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● Determine what happens next from illustrated observations
● Identify evidence or reasons in peers' written text
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● Compose stories or narratives using sequential language
● Edit personal narratives based on criteria for success
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● Describe causes and effects of actions and strategies
● Sequence steps in solving problems using short sentences, illustrations, and symbols
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● Provide simple edits to peers' writing
● Elaborate content-related claims with examples
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