Oral English Language Matrix for Kindergarten and Grade One
Level 5 : consolidating
· fluent and articulate conversation
· evidence of a well developed vocabulary – chooses colourful, unusual or specific descriptive language
· uses a variety of verb tenses, sometimes with errors
· uses a variety of sentence structures with ease
Level 4 : expanding
· can sustain a fluent conversation
· uses a variety of verb tenses sometimes with errors
· uses some sentence variety – compound, complex sentences, descriptive phrases when describing a personal experience or a story
Level 3 : developing
· able to retell a personal experience or a story
· understands most instructions and questions
· uses simple sentences (subject, verb, object) sometimes with errors
· uses prepositions and pronouns correctly most of the time
· sometimes leaves words out, endings off
· uses some past tense
Level 2 : beginning
· conversation hesitant
· can understand and may use simple instructions and questions
· uses short phrases or simple sentences with some errors
Level 1 : emerging
· speech hesitant and fragmented
· understands little or no English
· can repeat words when requested to repeat
· oral production consists of isolated words / very little vocabulary
Oral English Language Assessment for Kindergarten and Grade 1
Anxious Shy At Ease Very Confident
T op of Form
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Toys: Speech Prompts:
People: 1. What is your name?
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______2. How old are you?
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3. Name these toys for me. (point)
Vehicles:
______4. Where is ______?
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______5. What is the (e.g. baby/plane/dog) doing?
Animals: 6. Do you go to school/daycare? What do you do there?
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______7. What do you like to do at home?
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8. What is your favourite story/movie? What happened in the
Furniture: story/movie?
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______9. What did you do before you came here today? You
______woke up, then……
Other: 10. Why….? (for Level 4s & 5s)
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Revised June 2008