GRADES 3 – 5 BEGINNING ESOL STANDARDS
STANDARD 1: LISTENING
Knowledge Base Indicators
The student…
1.1.2. Beginning Level
follows simple one and two step directions.
1.1.6. Beginning Level
identifies initial or ending sounds.
1.1.9. Beginning Level
identifies the main idea of a short and simple passage.
1.1.11. Beginning Level
identifies key details from short and simple passages.
STANDARD 2: SPEAKING
Knowledge Base Indicators
The student…
2.1.5. Beginning Level
retells simple stories.
2.1.6. Beginning Level
responds to questions using appropriate simple words or phrases.
2.1.7. Beginning Level
identifies simple objects, actions, shapes and colors in a picture.
STANDARD 3: READING
Knowledge Base Indicators
The student…
3.1.1. Beginning Level
identifies letters of the alphabet.
3.1.2. Beginning Level
uses letter-sound correspondences to identify beginning words.
3.1.4. Beginning Level
identifies word families (e.g., at, cat, bat, eigh, sleigh, weigh).
3.1.5. Beginning Level
identifies the initial and final sounds of a word
3.1.9. Beginning Level
recognizeswords such as compound words, base words, and inflections (e.g., backpack, like, - s, -es, and –ing).
3.2.1. Beginning Level
demonstrates comprehension of simple vocabulary in context.
3.2.2. Beginning Level
identifies basic sight words.
3.2.4. Beginning Level
identifies simple synonyms and antonyms.
3.3.1. Beginning Level
identifies the basic sequence of events in stories read, using key words or phrases.
3.3.4. Beginning Level
responds to stories by answering questions using simple words or phrases (e.g., who, what, when, where, and how).
3.3.5. Beginning Level
understands and follows simple 1-2 step directions.
3.3.7. Beginning Level
identifies the main idea of a short and simple passage.
3.3.10. Beginning Level
draws inferences and conclusions from short and simple passages.
STANDARD 4: WRITING
Knowledge Base Indicators
The student…
4.1.1. Beginning Level
writes words, phrases, or 1-2 sentences related to a picture.
4.4.1. Beginning Level
uses common nouns.
4.4.2. Beginning Level
uses simple adjectives (e.g., big, pink).
4.4.3. Beginning Level
uses simpleprepositions (e.g., to, on, in).
4.4.4. Beginning Level
uses simple, high-frequency verbs (e.g., to, sit, run, eat).
4.4.5. Beginning Level
uses simple synonyms and antonyms.
4.4.6. Beginning Level
uses subject and object pronouns.
4.4.7. Beginning Level
uses definite article “the”.
4.4.8.Beginning Level
uses regular plurals correctly.
4.5.1. Beginning Level
writes simple sentences in correct word order.
4.5.2Beginning Level
writes grammatically correct simple sentences using and/or.
4.5.4. Beginning Level
uses simple present and present progressive verb tenses.
4.6.1. Beginning Level
traces and copies letters, shapes, digits.
4.6.2. Beginning Level
writes letters and digits legibly.
4.6.3. Beginning Level
spaces appropriately between words.
4.6.4. Beginning Level
uses periods and question marks correctly.
4.6.5. Beginning Level
capitalizes proper nouns and the first word of a sentence.
4.6.7.Beginning Level
attempts to spell new words phonetically.
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