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Assessing Vocabulary and Oral Language in Preschool                                                  NAEYC Professional Learning Institute, 2019.

     Assessing Vocabulary and Oral Language                                  acadiencelearning.org

               Skills in Preschoolers
                                    Presenter:
                                  Ruth Kaminski

                                  Contributors:
                           Mary Abbott, Rose McMahon

                                Acadience Learning

              National Association for the Education of Young Children
                           Professional Learning Institute
                                  Long Beach, CA

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   Agenda

  Importance of assessment of vocabulary and oral
  language skills in preschool
  Overview of the PELI: Preschool Early Literacy
  Indicators                                                                                            Importance of Assessing Vocabulary and
  Administration and scoring of vocabulary-oral                                                               Oral Language in Preschool
  language
  Practice
  Case study
  Discussion and questions
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  The Issue: Differences in Reading Trajectories                                                      What do Reading Trajectories Have to Do with
  Start Early                                                                                         Vocabulary and Oral Language in Preschool?

                                                                                                      Relationship between reading and language skills
                               Grade 1        Grade 2       Grade 3       Grade 4       Grade 5
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                               Cohort         Cohort        Cohort        Cohort        Cohort           „Decoding skills are supported by vocabulary,
                                                                                                          syntactic and semantic understandings. (Share,
                                                                                                           1999)
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                                                                                                         „Strong link between development of oral
    Words Per Minute

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                                             Middle                                                       phonological awareness. (Dickinson et al., 2003; Storch &
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                                              10%                                                          Whitehurst, 2002; Whitehurst & Lonigan, 1998)

                                                                                                         „Variations in oral language abilities account for
                 20                                                                                       differences in reading comprehension more
                                                                            Low 10%                       significant than age, nonverbal ability or non-
                       0
                           1             2              3   Grade     4             5             6       word reading. (Nation & Snowling 2004)
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   Skills at Kindergarten Entry Make a                                                             Critical precursor skills for later reading
   Difference                                                                                      develop long before children enter school
                                                                                                   and begin formal reading instruction.
       „Children who enter kindergarten with well-
        developed language and emergent literacy
        skills are more likely to benefit from
        kindergarten instruction in learning to read
        and become proficient readers.
       „Children who lack language and emergent
        literacy skills at kindergarten entry are
        more likely to have later reading difficulties
    NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005; National Early Literacy Panel, 2008; National
    Research Council, 1998

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The Issue: Differences in Language                                                                 Patterns in Performance are Stable
Trajectories Begin Even Earlier (Hart & Risley, 1995)                                              Across the Preschool Year …
                                                                                                   (Cabell, Justice, Logan, & Konold, 2013)

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                                                                                                                    … unless we DO something

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   What Do We Need to Do? Promote Vocabulary                 Vocabulary and Oral Language:
   and Oral Language Development Early                       What Is It?

   Identify children early who may need additional             „Knowledge of words and word meanings
   support in acquiring vocabulary and oral language           „The ability to put words together in simple
   skills                                                       sentences with correct grammar and syntax to
       „Provide additional support                              communicate needs, wants, ideas and
       „Monitor progress                                        information
       „Modify support as needed
       „Evaluate outcomes

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   Promote Vocabulary and Oral Language                      Promote Vocabulary and Oral Language
   Development Early                                         Development Early

  How many words do children learn?                          How many words can you teach?
       „Typically developing children acquire 2.2              „2 to 3 a day
        words a day* from 1 year of age to the end of          „10 to 15 a week
        grade 2                                                „350 to 525 a year
             „15.4        a week
             „803       a year
       „By age 5, a typically developing child has an
        oral vocabulary of approximately 3,000
        words.*
    *root words
    Biemiller, 2005; Biemiller & Slonim, 2001
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                                                           What is the PELI?

                                                           Preschool Early Literacy Indicators
                                                           A storybook embedded assessment of early literacy
                                                           and language skills for preschool. PELI assesses:
             Overview of the                                  „Alphabet knowledge

          Preschool Early Literacy                            „Phonological awareness
                                                              „Vocabulary and oral language
             Indicators (PELI)                                „Comprehension

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   PELI Assessment Materials                               PELI Books

  Benchmark assessment books                               10 different books – equally difficult
      „Three times per year screening of all children         „5 books for 3-4 year old children
      „Beginning, middle, and end of year                        „3   Benchmark books
  Interim progress monitoring books                              „2   Interim (Progress Monitoring) books
      „Progress monitoring between benchmarks for             „5 books for 4-5 year old
       some children                                             „3   Benchmark books
  Quick checks                                                   „2Interim (Progress Monitoring) books
      „More frequent progress monitoring for children         „Score forms corresponding to each book
       receiving intervention in a particular skill area

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   How to use PELI books                                   PELI Books

  Use benchmark books to assess all children three
  times per year
      „Benchmark 1: Beginning of year
      „Benchmark 2: Middle of year
      „Benchmark 3: End of year
  Use interim progress monitoring books to assess
  some children between benchmark assessments
      „Mid-way between benchmark 1 and 2
      „Mid-way between benchmark 2 and 3
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  PELI Score Forms                                         Features of PELI
                                                           Storybook format is familiar to preschool students
                                                           Assessment is untimed
                                                              Student                                         Assessor
                                                              Pictures                                       Directions
                                                                                                              (in bold)

                                                                         Child sits to left of assessor
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  Features of PELI                                                                Overview: Alphabet Knowledge

   Stories feature diverse characters
                                                                                   „Child is asked to name as
                                                                                    many letters as he/she
                                                                                    knows from an array of
                                                                                    letters embedded in
                                                                                    theme-related picture.
                                                                                   „Score is number of letters
                                                                                    correctly named.

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   Overview: Vocabulary-Oral Language                                             Overview: Comprehension

    „Child is shown a scene                                                       „Questions: Assessor
     related to the theme of                                                       reads a story, pausing to
     the book.                                                                     ask questions before,
                                                                                   during, and after.
    „Child is asked to:
    „ Name 10 items.
                                                                                  „Shared retell: Child fills in
                                                                                   missing words during a
    „ Telleverything he/she can                                                    brief retelling of the story.
       about 5 items.                           5                    1
                                                                                  „Score is total of: a)
    „Score is total of: a)                                                         questions answered
     number of pictures                                     2
                                                                     3        9    correctly and b) correct
                                                    4
     correctly named and b)                                               7        responses during Shared
                                            8           6
     quality of response rating                                 10
                                                                                   Retell.
     for “Tell About.”                                                   27                                                              28

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   Overview: Phonological Awareness                                 PELI Scores
    „Game format
       „ The   assessor shows
         and names a picture
         and asks the child to
         say the first part or the
         first sound in words.
    „Score is total of: a) first
     parts of words and b) first
     sounds in words that child
     says.

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   PELI Composite Score                                             PELI Benchmark Goals

                                              10             20
                                      AK    _____ *2=     ______
                                                                    What is a benchmark goal?
 „A combination of the
  individual subtests used to               18
                                      V-OL _____ *3=         54
                                                          _______      „A research-based target score that represents
  represent the overall skill                                           the lowest level of performance that predicts
  level of the child                        14
                                      Comp _____ *4=         56
                                                          _______       reaching the next goal
 „Each subtest equally                                              What is the research base for the benchmark
                                      PA      4
                                            _____ *4=        16
                                                          _______
  weighted to contribute                                            goals?
  equally to the composite                  PCS       =     146
                                                          _______         „How a score at a particular point in time
                                            PLI       =                    (e.g., beginning of pre-K year) predicts early
                                                            110
                                                                           literacy outcomes (e.g., beginning of K
                                                                           performance on early literacy/language
                                                                           assessments)
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  Benchmark Goals and Cut Points for Risk for                                                Benchmark Goals and Cut Points for Risk for
  3-4 Year Old Children                                                                      4-5 Year Old Children
                                                                                                                    Benchmark     Likely Need           Beginning     Middle            End
                          Benchmark     Likely Need for   Beginning   Middle      End
                                                                                             Subtest                Status        for Support            of Year      of year          of Year
   Subtest                Status            Support        of Year    of Year    of Year
                                                                                             Alphabet               At/above          Core                 6+          17 +             23 +
   Alphabet Knowledge     At/above            Core           1+         3+         5+
                                                                                             Knowledge                              Strategic             2-5          8 - 16          14 - 22
                                            Strategic         0        1-2        2-4                               Below
                          Below
                                                                                                                    Well Below      Intensive             0-1          0-7              0 - 13
                          Well Below        Intensive          .         0        0-1
                                                                                             Phonological           At/above           Core               4+            10 +            13 +
   Phonological           At/above           Core             .          1+         2+
                                                                                             Awareness                               Strategic            1-3           4-9             9 - 12
   Awareness                               Strategic          .          0          0                               Below
                          Below
                                                                                                                    Well Below       Intensive             0            0-3             0-8
                          Well Below       Intensive          .           .          .
                                                                                             Vocabulary – Oral      At/above           Core               18 +          21 +            23 +
   Vocabulary – Oral      At/above           Core            8+         12 +       14 +
                                                                                             Language                                Strategic           13 - 17       16 - 20         19 - 22
   Language                                Strategic         4-7        6 - 11     8 - 13                           Below
                          Below
                                                                                                                    Well Below       Intensive            0 - 12        0 - 15          0 - 18
                          Well Below       Intensive         0-3        0-5         0-7
                                                                                             Comprehension          At/above           Core               13 +          16 +            17 +
   Comprehension          At/above           Core             6+        10 +        11 +
                                                                                                                    Below            Strategic           10 - 12       12 - 15       14 - 16
                           Below           Strategic         2-5        5-9        7 - 10
                                                                                                                    Well Below       Intensive            0-9           0 - 11        0 - 13
                           Well Below      Intensive         0-1        0-4         0–6
                                                                                             PELI Language    At/above             Core              114 +            132 +          143 +
   Language Index         At/above           Core            62 +      87 +       100 +
                                                                                             Index                               Strategic          88 - 113        111 - 131      124 - 142
                                           Strategic        33 - 61   50 - 86    59 - 99                      Below
                          Below
                                                                                                              Well Below         Intensive           0 - 87          0 - 110        0 - 123
                          Well Below       Intensive         0 - 32    0 - 49     0 - 58
                                                                                             PELI             At/above             Core              159 +            201 +          231 +
   PELI Composite Score   At/above           Core            68 +      101 +      128 +      Composite
                                                                                                              Below              Strategic          115- 158        160 - 200      195 - 230
                          Below            Strategic        35 - 67   59 - 100   8533- 127   Score                                                                                        34
                                                                                                              Well Below         Intensive           0 - 114         0 - 159        0 - 194
                          Well Below       Intensive         0 - 34    0 - 58     0 - 84

                                                                                             Research: Decision Utility for Benchmark
  Research: Reliability and Validity
                                                                                             Goals (4-5 Year Olds)
                                                                                             Subtest/Score                         AUC           Sens       Spec      AC         PPP         NPP
                                                                                                             PPVT
                                                                                             Vocabulary-Oral Language               .80          .74         .78      .76        .63             .85
                                                                                             Comprehension                          .73          .54         .83      .74        .63             .78
                                                                                             Language Index                         .81          .63         .80      .74        .62             .81
                                                                                             PELI Composite Score                   .80          .61         .81      .74        .62             .80
                                                                                                             DIBELS
                                                                                             Alphabet Knowledge                     .89          .87         .77      .79        .53             .95
                                                                                             Phonological Awareness                 .86          .83         .73      .76        .52             .93
                                                                                             PELI Composite Score                   .87          .86         .74      .77        .54             .94

                                                                                             Note: AUC = Area Under Curve; Sens = Sensitivity; Spec = Specificity; AC = Accurate Classification;
                                                                                             PPP = Positive Predictive Power; NPP = Negative Predictive Power.

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  Research: Decision Utility for Cut Points for
  Risk (4-5 Year Olds)
  Subtest/Score                         AUC       Sens       Spec         AC        PPP        NPP
                PPVT
  Vocabulary-Oral Language              .90        .70        .91        .88        .62           .94
  Comprehension                         .86        .61        .98        .92        .88           .93
  Language Index                        .93        .74        .96        .92        .77           .95
  PELI Composite Score                  .92        .70        .94        .90        .70           .94       Assessing Vocabulary
               DIBELS
  Alphabet Knowledge                    .95        .85        .91        .90        .58           .97        and Oral Language
  Phonological Awareness                .89        .77        .87        .86        .48           .96
  PELI Composite Score                  .91        .77        .88        .87        .50           .96

  Note: AUC = Area Under Curve; Sens = Sensitivity; Spec = Specificity; AC = Accurate Classification;
  PPP = Positive Predictive Power; NPP = Negative Predictive Power.

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  Vocabulary and Oral Language                                                                          Vocabulary and Oral Language
  Part I: Picture Naming                                                                                Part I: Picture Naming
   Early Literacy
                   Vocabulary and Oral Language
             Skill
                          Child is shown a picture of a scene and asked to
            Format
                          name common objects in the picture.

              Score 1 point for each object correctly named
                  What’s another name for it?
                  Do you know what it is called in English?
          Prompts
                  What is the whole thing called?
                  What is just this part called?
                          Discontinue if child gives no response on the first
     Discontinue
                          three items. Go on to “Tell About.”
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                                                                              Vocabulary and Oral Language
  Picture Naming Directions
                                                                              Part II: Tell About
   V-OL 1. Here is a picture of                                                Early Literacy
                                                                                               Vocabulary and Oral Language
   a farm. I am going to point                                                           Skill
   to some things and you                                                                     Child is asked to tell all he/she can about 5
   tell me what they are.                                                           Format
                                                                                              words.
   Point to each picture and
   ask, What is this? or Do                                                           Score Quality of response rating on 0–5 point scale
   you know what this is? for
                                                                                           What do you do with a ______?
   the following words:
                                                                                   Prompts What is a ______ for?
    1. cow         6. barn
                                                                                           What does a ______ do?
    2. sun         7. fence
    3. owl         8. wheelbarrow                                                             Discontinue if child gives no response on the
                                                                               Discontinue
    4. tractor     9. windmill                                                                first three words.
    5. scarecrow   10. puddle                                           41                                                                    42

  Tell About Directions                                                       Video: Ben and On the Farm

     Now I want you to tell me everything you can about some words.
     My turn first. I will tell you everything I can about an owl (point to
     the owl). An owl is a kind of bird that flies around at night and it
     says, “Hoo.” Now it is your turn.
     If the child has not named the picture correctly, say, This is a
     __________ before asking him/her to tell you about it:
     1. Tell me everything you can about a cow.
     2. Tell me everything you can about a barn.
     3. Tell me everything you can about a tractor.
     4. Tell me everything you can about a wheelbarrow.
     5. Tell me everything you can about a puddle.

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                                                                          Language Development
  Tell About Quality of Response Rating
                                                                          First Year: Listening and Learning
   Follows progression of early childhood language development:
                                                                              Listening
    0 No response or incorrect/irrelevant response
                                                                                      Looking
    1 One word response
    2 Phrase, correct two-element sentence,                                 Joint Attention

    3 Correct three-element sentence,                                                     Cooing
                                                                             Babbling
    4 Correct expanded sentence
    5 Correct compound sentence                                                      Vocables
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  Language Development                                                    Language Development
  Stage 1: Single Words                                                   Stage 2: Two-Word Combinations
                                                First 10 words:
                                        Nouns, Verbs, Descriptive Words                                     50-word vocabulary:
                                           (food animals toys)                                                 mostly Nouns

                                                      mama                                                 More         Mommy
                                         kitty                                                            cookie          go
                                                          car
                                          eat juice                                                                              Big
                                                    more
                                                                                                          Eat                   doggie
                                      ball           water                                                           Kitty
                                              baby                                                       cookie      here
                                                            here
                                          big                                                                                   Daddy
                                                        go                                                No
                                                         dada                                                                    eat
                                         doggie                                                           bed         Want
                                         want   cookie 47                                                             ball
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  Language Development                                                   Language Development
  Stage 3: Three-Element Sentences                                       Stage 4: Four + Element Sentences
                                  Oral vocabulary of 50–100 words                          Oral vocabulary of 900–1000 words
                                           Combine Ideas
                                                                                             Sentences expand and become
                                      Daddy throw Throw ball                                 more grammatically correct
                                        Daddy throw ball
                                                                                              I like to build with blocks at school.
                                            I go     Go school
                                             I go school
                                                                                              I went to the movies last night.
                                          The doggie is big
                                                                                              I can swing on the swings
                                          I run fast I want juice                                         with my friends
                                               That is my kitty                                                At the playground.
                                            The doggie is in the house
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  Language Development                                                   Language Development by Age 5 –
  Stages 5-6: Compound/Complex Sentences                                 Kindergarten Entry
                Oral vocabulary of 4,000–6,000 words
      Sentences become increasingly sophisticated and correct                                   Oral vocabulary of
   Ideas are linked in sentences using “connector words” like and,                              5,000–8,000 words
                     then, because, if, when, after                                             Easily use complex
                                                                                                sentences that link two or
     I go to sleep in my bedroom when I am tired.                                               more ideas
                                                                                                Sentences are, for the most
     I like to read a story before I go to sleep.
                                                                                                part, grammatically correct
     I like it when it is nice out and we can play outside.

     The game that I played last night is my favorite.
     I am going to my grandma’s after I get home from school today.
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  Tell About Quality of Response Rating                            0-Point Responses
                                                                  0 = No response or response unrelated to target word
   Follows progression of early childhood language development:
                                                                  „Examples of responses that are clearly unrelated to the
    0 No response or incorrect/irrelevant response                target word or convey incorrect information
                                                                      „ It tells you how hot it is outside (clock)
    1 One word response
                                                                      „ It can help you (lizard)
    2 Phrase, correct two-element sentence,                           „ It’s for push (telescope)

                                                                  „Examples of responses that are vague and/or do not
    3 Correct three-element sentence,                             convey information about the target word:
                                                                      „ I want it (merry go round)
    4 Correct expanded sentence                                       „ That place (stairs)

    5 Correct compound sentence                                   Note: You can ask a follow-up question—What do you do with ____? What is a
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  Sentence Elements
 Subject: Who or what the sentence is about (noun, pronoun
 or noun phrase)
 Verb: Action – does what/what happens? (verb or verb
 phrase)
 Object: The person or thing affected by the action
 Descriptive word:
     „Adjective: Describes a person, place, or thing
     „Adverb: A word or phrase that describes an action,
      typically tells how, when or where
 Prepositional phrase: phrase that begins with a preposition
 (e.g., in, on, under) and ends with a noun or pronoun
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   Frame of Reference for Scoring …                             Simple Three-Element Sentence
                                                               Subject – Verb -- Object
            0         1      2     3        4         5   +      I throw rocks.
                                                                 I will throw it.
                                                                 He throws the ball.
                                                                 I did throw the ball.
                                                                 I read a book.
                                                                 My teacher reads books.
                                                                 We can read our books.
     „Become familiar with a three-element sentence
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      and use it as your frame of reference

   Simple Three-Element Sentence                                Simple Three-Element Sentence

     Subject – Verb - Object                                     Subject ---Verb – Descriptive Word
     I like to eat.
                                                                Adjective                        Adverb
     I want to play.
                                                                   The boy is tall.              The monkey is running fast.
     I would like to help.
                                                                   The cat is fluffy.            He can jump very high.
     Bobby likes to dance.
                                                                   His hair is red.              The girl walks slowly.
     Faye wants to read.
                                                                   My mom is happy.              I can throw far.
     I do like singing.
                                                                   The girl feels sad.
     Bobby likes sliding.
                                                                   Swimming is fun.
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   Simple Three-Element Sentence                                             Simple Three-Element Sentence

     Subject ---Verb – Descriptive Word                                      Subject – Verb – Prepositional Phrase
     A word or phrase that describes or renames the subject
                                                                             The cat is under the table.
     Noun
                                                                             The book is for my teacher.
            „Our teacher is a man.
                                                                             The bike is in the garage.
            „My dad is a carpenter.
                                                                             Bobby is at school.
            „A dog is an animal.
                                                                             Pablo is on the bus.
            „Those people are doctors.

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   Practice # 1: Three-Element Sentences                                     Practice # 2: Three-Element Sentences

   he throws                                         Elements:                tape is sticky √                    Elements:
                                                     subject                                                      subject
   he throws the ball √                                                       you can color the paper √
                                                     verb                                                         verb
   I want to run fast
                                                     object                   make fish                           object
                                                     descriptive words                                            descriptive words
   I play on the playground √                                                 we get paper and paint
                                                     prepositional phrases                                        prepositional phrases
   Bobby is playing at school √                                               you can sleep in a house√

   I kick the ball on the playground                                          I like to draw √

   kick the ball                                                              for draw fish

   I play                                                                     you can make a fish √

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   Practice # 3: Three-Element Sentences                                      If it is not a 3 …

     you play at school √              Elements:                               Is it less than or greater than?
                                       subject                                      „If it is less than a 3 and the utterance contains
     we make it √
                                       verb                                          more than a single word, it is a 2.
     we get some lights and candy      object
                                       descriptive words                       Examples of 2-Point Responses
     we look in the sky √
                                       prepositional phrases
     a doctor helps you when you are sick                                             Cow                               Cow
                                                                                          get milk                        cows moo
     you talk to your teacher √                                                                                           cows can eat
                                                                                          in the barn
     I like swinging on swings                                                        Barn                              Barn
                                                                                          the animals                     animals sleep
                                                                                          eat in there                    horses go
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   If it is not a 3 …                                                         Scores for Ben: On the Farm
    Is it less than or greater than?
           „If it is greater than a 3, is it a 5?
                                                                                         a cow say moo moo
               „If it   is not a 5, it is a 4
    Examples of 5-Point Responses (Grammatically correct                                 a barn say old mcdonald had a farm
    sentences consisting of two stand-alone clauses joined by
    connector word(s))                                                                   a tractor say it moves along

     cow: a cow says moo and you get milk from a cow
                                                                                         a wheelbarrow picks some woodchips
     barn: a barn keeps animals in it so they don’t get lost
     tractor: you get in it and then you drive it around on the grass                   a puddle grows bigger
     wheelbarrow: a wheelbarrow can roll and it can take hay to the animals
     puddle: you jump in it when the rain falls down                                                                                      13

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   Scores for Ben: On the Farm                                              Tell About: Practice 1

                                                                                     eat drink
                                 farm

                                    water/flower
                      it blows
                                    water               Benchmark goal               animals live in it
                                                   6
                                                        for 3-4 year olds
                                                        at EOY: 14+                  riding

                                                                                     taking pumpkins

                                                                                     you step in a puddle
                                                   13
                                                   19                                                                               11
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   Tell About: Practice 2                                                   Tell About: Practice 3

                milk comes from cows                                                 you can get milk from a cow

                a barn has hay                                                       a barn is for feeding all the animals
                                                                                     and helping them

                a tractor is loud                                                    a tractor is for driving everyone
                                                                                     back to the barn

                a wheelbarrow picks up dirt                                          wheelbarrows are for picking up dirt
                                                                                     and grass

                you can play in a puddle                                             you can jump in the puddle when you
                                                                                     have rainboots on

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   Tell About: Practice 4                                          Video: Calvin and A Day at the Beach

                it can moo and it walks and you can
                milk cows

                all the animals can go in the barn so
                they can rest and sleep
                the farmer can drive it so he can
                bring hay to the animals

                a wheelbarrow can roll around on one
                wheel
                kids can jump in puddles and they
                can splash everybody
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   Scores for Calvin: A Day at the Beach                           Scores for Calvin: A Day at the Beach

                it’s made out of sand / and you can
                squish it and build it again
                                                                                        SC

                it gives you shade
                                                                                                         Benchmark goal
                                                                                                 9
               it gives you water                                                                        for 3-4 year olds
                                                                                                         at EOY: 23+
                it gets you dry

               it keeps your boat from floating
               away

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      How do we Use the Data?
            Case Study

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  Using the Data                                                                             Progress Monitoring on V-OL: Daphne

                   Vocabulary-Oral Language
                                       AtCore
                          Likely to Need  or Above Benchmark
                                               Support
                                       Odds are 80%
                          to Achieve Subsequent      to 90% of
                                                  Early                 End of Year
                          At or Above
                          Literacy     Achieving
                                       BenchmarkSubsequent Early
                                   Goals                                Benchmark Goal
                          Odds are 80% Literacy
                                         to 90%Goals
                                                of
                          Achieving Subsequent Early

                                                                                                                                                        Bright Spring PK
                                                                                                                                                        Lucy B
                          Literacy Goals

                                                                                                                                                         10002
                                                                        End of Year

                                                                                                                                                          Daphne
                                                                                                          X            X
                                                                        Cut Point for Risk

                          Below Benchmark
     Beginning of Year    Odds are
                          Likely    40% to
                                 to Need   60% of Support
                                         Strategic  Achieving
     Benchmark            Subsequent
                          to           Early Literacy
                             Achieve Subsequent       Goals
                                                   Early
                          Literacy Goals                                                      X
     Beginning of Year                                                                        Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Jan    Feb   Mar   Apr   May
     Cut Point for Risk   Likely to Need Intensive Support to Achieve

                                                                                                                                                               2015-16
                          Well Below Benchmark
                          Subsequent   Early Literacy Goals                                               10
                          Odds are 10% to 20% of Achieving
                          Subsequent Early Literacy Goals                                     1                       10

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   More Frequent Progress Monitoring                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Quick Checks: Scoring Booklets

  Use weekly/biweekly Quick Checks for children
  who are receiving additional instructional support in
  a targeted area.
                     „Progress monitoring materials (10 alternate
                      forms) for:
                                    „Phonological Awareness

                                    „Alphabet                                             Knowledge
                                    „Vocabulary-Oral                                                                                   Language

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       55
               PELI
              PELI
                     ®

                           5
                          PELI ® Vocabulary/Oral
                       Alphabet
               QuickPhonological
                   ®
                          Quick
                       Check
              Quick Check 5
                                 Knowledge
                             5 CheckAwareness
                                      5
                                                 Language
                                                                                                                                          666QuickPELI ® Vocabulary/Oral
                                                                                                                                             PELI Alphabet Knowledge
                                                                                                                                              PELICheck
                                                                                                                                                          ®

                                                                                                                                                    Phonological
                                                                                                                                                            ®
                                                                                                                                                  Quick Check 6
                                                                                                                                                        6
                                                                                                                                              Quick Check 6
                                                                                                                                                                         Language
                                                                                                                                                                 Awareness
                            Say these specific directions to the student:                                                                   Say these specific directions to the student:
       PASay  these
          1) Word    specific
                  Parts.        directions
                         Say these            to the student:
                                   specific directions to the student:                                                                        Say  these  specific     directions   to the     student:
                                                                                                                                                   PA 1) Word Parts. Say these specific directions to the student:

            We are going to Hereplay aare
                                       game
                                          somewhere  we sayI the
                                                  pictures.     willfirst
                                                                     pointpart
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                                                                                                                                                                a page     with    letters   on turn
                                                                                                                                                                                                 it. Do you     know     any   of these   letters?
                               name.    Point to each  picture   and ask,   ‘What    is this?’ or first     of the what
                                                                                                  ‘Do you know      word                             tell Point
                                                                                                                                                 name.     me    to first
                                                                                                                                                                     eachpart of the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        this?’  word
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            “rainbow”      “rain.”tell me Rain.
                                    Listen.  the names
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                                                                                             wordyou     know. What
                                                                                                    is paintbrush.                                 Point     to and
                                                                                                                                                     “rainbow”           tell me
                                                                                                                                                                   is “rain.”       theRain.
                                                                                                                                                                              Listen.    names     of all
                                                                                                                                                                                             Rainbow.      ofit’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Now   the  letters
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  your        thatword
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                               this
            is the first part of theis?’
                                      word paintbrush?                                                                                           thisisis?’
                                                                                                                                                         the first part of the word paintbrush?
              After the child has finished naming letters, prompt him/her to continue                                                                After the child has finished naming letters, prompt him/her to continue
                 Correct               pantsletters by pointing cupcake                        soap “Do you                                                Correct
                                                                                                                                                         backpack                      fork by pointing to each   bracelet
              naming
               response
                         any  additional
                          Good.                                        to each letter and saying,                                                    naming     any Good.
                                                                                                                                                         response
                                                                                                                                                                    additional letters                                 letter and saying, “Do you
              know what letter this is?” or “What is this letter?”: Start by prompting the                                                           know what letter this is?” or “What is this letter?”: Start by prompting the
                                birdhouse                waffle              fan                  cactus                                             hamburger              bookshelf               statue              earring
              following Paint
                          letters  if the
                                is the  firstchild has
                                              part of thenot named       them:
                                                                    Correct
                                                                 response
                                                                               OXAS
                                                                            Good.                                                                    following letters
                                                                                                                                                                    Paintifisthe
                                                                                                                                                                              the child  has
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                                                                                                                                                                                                the namedCorrect      OXAS
                                                                                                                                                                                                              them: Good.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           response
               Incorrect  word paintbrush.
                                    tablecloth Say it with           braid until he/she missespinwheel                                                    beehive word paintbrush.
                                                                                                                                                         Incorrect                       Say it with
                                                                                                                                                                                   wheelbarrow                      overalls
              Continue
               response    prompting      the  child
                          me, paint. What is the first
                                                       to name     letters                           three                                           Continue
                                                                                                                                                         responseprompting      the   child  to
                                                                                                                                                                    me, paint. What is the first
                                                                                                                                                                                                 name    letters  until  he/she misses three
                                                                 Incorrect Paint is the first part of the                                                                                                  Incorrect Paint is the first part of the
              consecutive partletters.
                               of the word paintbrush?           response word paintbrush. Say paint.                                                consecutive part
                                                                                                                                                                    letters.
                                                                                                                                                                        of the word paintbrush?            response word paintbrush. Say paint.
                                                                                        V/OL Score: ___________                                                                                                  V/OL Score: ___________
                                                                              1 point                  0 points                                                                                                                  1 point                   0 points
              PA1.    snowman
                                       J                    h         /s/, /sn/, /snoa/

                                                                                        X
                              I want you to tell me everything you can about some words. My turn
                                                                        r
                                                                                                 0                                                       PA1.            goldfish
                                                                                                                                                                                      S                     E
                                                                                                                                                 I want you to tell me everything you can about some words. My turn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Y
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         /g/, /goa/, /goal/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           d
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                                                                                                      V                                                                                                                                                  A
              PA2.    classroom                                    /k/, /kl/, /kla/, /klas/      0                                                     PA2.      rowboat                                        /r/, /roa/                                     0
                              first. I will tell you everything I can about a sink. A sink is something you                                      first. I will tell you everything I can about a sink. A sink is something you
              PA3.    hilltop                                            /h/, /hi/, /hil/        0                                                     PA3.      bedroom                                    /b/, /be/, /bed/                                   0
              PA4.
                           Q
                      puppet
                                                   Y
                              use to wash your hands when it is time to eat lunch. Now it is your turn.
                                                                       /p/, /pu/, /pup/          0                                                       PA4.
                                                                                                                                                                           T
                                                                                                                                                                         pitcher
                                                                                                                                                                                                   F
                                                                                                                                                 use to wash your hands when it is time to eat lunch. Now it is your turn.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          /p/, /pi/, /pich/                    0
              PA5.    rabbit

                                                                w
                            Tell me everything you can about a cupcake:
                                                                                A
                                                                        /r/, /ra/, /rab/         0                                                       PA5.            lemon
                                                                                                                                            Tell me everything you can about a backpack:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 i                c
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           /l/, /le/, /lem/                    0

                      c                 M                                                 T
                                                                                            PA 1 Score: ___________

                                                                                                        S                                                      o                       N                                                   Q G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               PA 1 Score: ___________

                                                      N                                                                                                                                               B
       PA 2) First Sound. Say these specific directions to the student:                                                                            PA 2) First Sound. Say these specific directions to the student:
                                                                                                  0 1 2 3 4 5                                                                                                                0 1 2 3 4 5
                              o                                               U
            Now I am going to say some other words. This time I want you to tell me the first sound in the
                                                                                                                                                                               h                                                 r
                                                                                                                                                       Now I am going to say some other words. This time I want you to tell me the first sound in the

                                            F                                                                                                                                             w
            word. My turnTell meMy
                          first. everything you can
                                   word is mouse.   Theabout    a waffle:
                                                         first sound  in the word mouse is /m/. Listen. /m/.                                Tell meword.
                                                                                                                                                    everything
                                                                                                                                                         My turnyou  can
                                                                                                                                                                 first. Myabout
                                                                                                                                                                           word a
                                                                                                                                                                                ishamburger:
                                                                                                                                                                                  mouse. The first sound in the word mouse is /m/. Listen. /m/.

                                                                  E
            Mouse. Now it’s your turn. What is the first sound in the word soup?
                                                                                          d                   P                                                                                                  V
                                                                                                                                                       Mouse. Now it’s your turn. What is the first sound in the word soup?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              U                M
                      K
                 Correct
                            Good.
                                                      i                       B
                                                                                                  0 1 2 3 4 5
                                                                                                                                                                   L
                                                                                                                                                             Correct
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    K                        0 1 2 3 4 5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             J
                                    G                                                                                                                                                P
               response                                                                                                                                    response

               Incorrect
                            Tell me everything you can about Correct
                            The first sound in the word
                            soup is /s/. Say it with me, /s/.
                                                             a fan:
                                                                z response
                                                                               Good.              L                                         Tell me everything you can about a statue:
                                                                                                                                                           Incorrect
                                                                                                                                                                             The first sound in the word
                                                                                                                                                                             soup is /s/. Say it with me, /s/.   X
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Correct
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Good.              z
               response     What is the first sound in the                                                                                                 response          What is the first sound in the
                                                                  Incorrect    /s/ is the first sound
                                                                                                   0 1in the
                                                                                                          2 3 4 5                                                                                                    Incorrect0 /s/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1 is2 the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3 first
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4 sound
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5   in the
                            word soup?                            response     word soup. Say /s/.                                                                           word soup?                              response word soup. Say /s/.
                            Tell me everything you2 can  about a tablecloth:
                                                    points            1 point                      0 points
                                                                                                                                            Tell me everything you can about a beehive:
                                                                                                                                                                                   2 points                                      1 point               0 points
              PA6.    bowl                        /b/                /boa/                            0                                             PA6.   lamp                       /l/                                         /la/                     0
              PA7.    tape                         /t/                 /tai/                          0                                             PA7.   game                      /g/                                         /gai/                     0
                                                                                                  0 1 2 3 4 5                                                                                                                0 1 2 3 4 5
              PA8.    street                      /s/         /st/, /str/, /strea/                    0                                             PA8.   dock                      /d/                                         /do/                      0
              PA9.    ropeTell me everything you can
                                                  /r/ about a pinwheel:
                                                                      /roa/                           0                                     Tell me PA9.
                                                                                                                                                    everything you can about a wheelbarrow:
                                                                                                                                                           block                     /b/                                     /bl/, /blo/                   0
              PA10.   nail                        /n/                 /nai/                           0                                             PA10. seal                       /s/                                        /sea/                      0
                                                                                             PA 2 Score: ___________                                                                                                                              PA 2 Score: ___________
                                                                                                  0 1 2 3 4 5                                                                                                                0 1 2 3 4 5
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Total Score: ___________

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                                                                                                       X
                                                                                                   X

                                                                                                                            Bright Spring PK
                                                                                             X

                                                                                                                            Lucy B
                                                                                                                             10002
                                                                                                                              Daphne
                                                                        X            X
                                                                                         X

                                                            X
                                                            Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec   Jan       Feb      Mar      Apr   May

                                                                                                                                   2015-16
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