CELDT+3

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Level 3 Intermediate Stage
 * English–language arts Sub Strand Intermediate ELD level***
 * Example of Listening/Speaking Standard**

__Comprehension__
 * Ask and answer instructional questions by using simple sentences.
 * Listen attentively to stories and information and identify important details and concepts by using both verbal and nonverbal responses.
 * Ask and answer instructional questions with some supporting elements (e.g., “Which part of the story was the most important?”).

__Comprehension and Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication__ __Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication__
 * Participate in social conversations with peers and adults on familiar topics by asking and answering questions and soliciting information.
 * Make oneself understood when speaking by using consistent standard English grammatical forms and sounds; however, some rules are not followed (e.g., third-person singular, male and female pronouns).


 * The ELD standards must be applied appropriately for students in each grade level from kindergarten through grade twelve.

__http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf__


 * From the English Language Learner and Diversity Manual**

__Student Behaviors:__
 * Retells events using descriptive vocabulary
 * Summarizes narrative accounts
 * Identifies main ideas
 * Provides details orally
 * Makes comparisons
 * Identifies and defines new vocabulary orally
 * Relies on illustrations for reading context clues
 * Writes simple sentences using high-frequency words

__Strategies That Benefit the Student:__
 * Creating illustrated thesauruses to expand vocabulary
 * Word study of etymologies
 * Use of cognates (words that have a common etymological origin)
 * Teaching study skills like note taking
 * Double-entry journals for citing important story parts and reflecting on the meaning
 * Picture walks to reading
 * Graphic organizers
 * Exploring figurative language

__Student Activities:__
 * Listening
 * Preview pictures in stories
 * Recall events in order
 * Ask questions
 * Paraphrase oral directions
 * Speaking
 * Retell events using descriptive vocabulary
 * Make comparisons
 * Make personal dictionary/thesaurus
 * Reading
 * Read simple stories with illustrations
 * Follow written directions
 * Identify and define new vocabulary orally
 * Identify main ideas
 * Summarize narratives
 * Identify genre
 * Writing
 * Access reference materials
 * Prewrite using a graphic organizer
 * Create word banks and writing frames
 * Differentiate narrative from informational writing
 * Learn/practice rubric criteria