Kindergarten

Other Connecticut English Language Proficiency (CELP) sets

• English Language Proficiency
• Grade 1
• Grades 2-3
• Grades 4-5
• Grades 6-8
• Grades 9-12

with prompting and supports, listen with occasional participation in short conversations using a limited number of words and phrases acquired in conversations and being read to and respond verbally and nonverbally to simple yes/no and some whquestions about familiar topicsLevel.1

with prompting and supports, participate in short conversations using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to and respond to simple yes/no and wh- questions about familiar topicsLevel.2

with prompting and supports, participate in short conversations using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to and follow some rules for discussion and respond to yes/no and wh- questions and make comments of his or her own about familiar topicsLevel.3

with prompting and supports, participate in conversations and discussions using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to and ask and answer simple questions and follow increasing number of rules for discussion and make comments of his or her own about a variety of topicsLevel.4

with prompting and supports, participate in conversations and discussions using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to and ask and answer questions and follow rules for discussion and contribute his or her own relevant comments about a variety of topicsLevel.5

with prompting and supports, communicate basic information or feelings nonverbally or using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about familiar texts, topics, experiences, events, or objects in the environmentLevel.1

with prompting and supports, communicate basic information or feelings using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about familiar topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.2

with prompting and supports, communicate information or feelings using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about familiar topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.3

with prompting and supports, tell or dictate messages and compose short written texts including drawings or illustrations and use words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a variety of topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.4

with prompting and supports, make oral presentations and compose short written texts including drawings or illustrations and use words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a variety of topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.5

with prompting and supports, verbally or nonverbally express a feeling or opinion using a limited number of words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about familiar topic or objects in the environmentLevel.1

with prompting and supports, express an opinion or preference using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a familiar topic or experienceLevel.2

with prompting and supports, express an opinion or preference using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a familiar topic, text, or experienceLevel.3

with prompting and supports, introduce the topic and express an opinion or preference using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a variety of topics, texts, or experiencesLevel.4

with prompting and supports, introduce the topic and express an opinion or preference using words and phrases acquired in conversations, reading, and being read to about a variety of topics, texts, experiences, or eventsLevel.5

with prompting and supports, participate in shared research projects to answer a question and recall information from experience or from a provided sourceLevel.1

with prompting and supports, participate in shared research projects to answer a question recall information from experience or use information from a provided source and label informationLevel.2

with prompting and supports, participate in shared research projects to answer a question and recall information from experience or use information from provided sources and label information and present findings to a peer or small group using drawings or illustrations, when usefulLevel.3

with prompting and supports, participate in shared research projects to answer a question and recall information from experience or use information from provided sources and label and sort information into provided categories and present findings to a small or large group using drawings or illustrations, when usefulLevel.4

with prompting and supports, participate in shared research projects to answer a question and recall information from experience or use information from a variety of provided sources and label and sort information and present findings to a small or large group using drawings or illustrations, when usefulLevel.5

with prompting and supports, orally or nonverbally identify the opinion or preference of othersLevel.1

with prompting and supports, orally identify the opinion or preference of othersLevel.2

with prompting and supports, identify the main point of an author or speaker Level.3

with prompting and supports, identify the main point of an author or speaker and identify a reason an author or speaker gives to support a pointLevel.4

with prompting and supports, identify the main point of an author or speaker and identify the reasons an author or speaker gives to support main pointLevel.5

with prompting and supports, repeat and use frequently occurring words and phrases and recognize the meaning of high frequency words learned through conversations, reading, and being read toLevel.1

with prompting and supports, recognize and use some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to and recognize the meaning of some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read toLevel.2

with prompting and supports, use some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to and recognize the meaning and the context of some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read toLevel.3

with prompting and supports, use words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to and demonstrate a developing awareness of the difference social language and language for the classroomLevel.4

with prompting and supports, use words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to and demonstrate an awareness of differences between social language and language appropriate to the classroomLevel.5

relying on prompting, context, visual aids, and knowledge of morphology in the native language, recognize the meaning of a few frequently occurring words in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.1

using prompting, context, visual aids, and knowledge of morphology in the native language, recognize the meaning of some frequently occurring words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.2

using prompting, context, visual aids, reference materials, and a developing knowledge of English morphology, answer questions to help determine the meaning of some words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.3

using prompting, context, visual aids, and some knowledge of English morphology (e.g. frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms), answer and sometimes ask questions about the meaning of words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about a variety of topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.4

using prompting, context, some visual aids, and knowledge of morphology (e.g., simple inflectional endings such as -ed, -s, and some common prefixes and suffixes), answer and ask questions about the meaning of words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about a variety of topics, experiences, or eventsLevel.5

with prompting and supports, put events in order from an experience or familiar story and point to or match attributes of objects in the environmentLevel.1

with prompting and supports, orally retell several events from an experience or a familiar story and describe objects in the environment using visual supports and use some frequently occurring linking words (e.g., and, so)Level.2

with prompting and supports, orally retell a simple sequence of events from an experience or a familiar story and describe objects in the environment and use frequently occurring linking words (e.g. and, so then)Level.3

with prompting and supports, orally retell a short sequence of events from experience or a familiar story, with a beginning, middle, and end and describe objects in the environment and use frequently occurring linking words (e.g. and, so, then) Level.4

with prompting and supports, retell a short sequence of events from an experience or a familiar story, including key details and describe the attributes and positions of objects in the environment and use frequently occurring linking words (e.g. and, so, then) and positional words (e.g., above, beside)Level.5

with prompting and supports, recognize and use a small number of frequently occurring nouns and verbs and understand and respond to simple yes/no questions in familiar shared language activities Level.1

with prompting and supports, recognize and use frequently occurring nouns and verbs and respond to simple whquestions and produce a few simple sentences in familiar shared language activitiesLevel.2

with prompting and supports, recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, and prepositions and use and respond to question words and produce simple sentences in shared language activitiesLevel.3

with prompting and supports, recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, and prepositions and use and respond to question words and produce and expand simple sentences in shared language activitiesLevel.4

with prompting and supports, use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, prepositions, and question words and ask and answer questions and produce and expand simple sentences in shared language activitiesLevel.5