CELDT+2


 * __EARLY INTERMEDIATE (3 months to a year)__**

Student Behaviors
 * < Listening ||< Speaking ||< Reading ||< Writing ||
 * < * follows oral directions without modeling
 * responds to open-ended question ||< * speaks simple sentences
 * retells events
 * frequent grammatical errors in speech ||< * reads basic vocabulary
 * may read simple sentences
 * may read picture or pattern books ||~ copies words or simple sentences
 * may label items in a drawing ||

[] >> Direct instruction of key vocabulary
 * __Teacher Strategies:__**
 * 1) **Reading**
 * books with vivid illustrations
 * predictable sentence structures
 * Interactive journal writing
 * model writing using student's own words
 * Collaborative chart stories
 * Buddy readers
 * Chorally read
 * 1) **Listening**
 * Write directions on charts/Ask students to model directions
 * Check for understanding - hand signals
 * 1) **Speaking**
 * Ask CLOZE questions
 * Ask open ended question
 * Collaborative interviews
 * Tap prior knowledge
 * Model appropriate speech
 * Mirror speech back to students
 * Provide interactive word games - fluency
 * 1) **Writing**
 * Interactive journal writing
 * Encourage invented spelling
 * Language experience approach