Hearing & Understanding

• Remember information
• Respond to instructions
• Follow 2-3 step directions in a sequence

Reading

• Create rhyming words
• Identify all sounds in short words
• Blend separate sounds to form words
• Match spoken words with print
• Know how a book works (e.g., read from left to right and top to bottom in English)
• Identify letters, words, and sentences
• Sound out words when reading
• Have a sight vocabulary of 100 common words
• Read grade-level material fluently
• Understand what is read

Talking

• Be easily understood
• Answer more complex “yes/no” questions
• Tell and retell stories and events in a logical order
• Express ideas with a variety of complete sentences
• Use most parts of speech (grammar) correctly
• Ask and respond to “wh” questions (who, what, where, when, why)
• Stay on topic and take turns in conversation
• Give directions
• Start conversations

Writing

• Express ideas through writing
• Print clearly
• Spell frequently used words correctly
• Begin each sentence with capital letters and use ending punctuation
• Write a variety of stories, journal entries, or letters/notes