CATEGORY

4 - Advanced

3 - Intermediate

2- Emerging

1 - Beginning

Content/Meaning

Communicates competently about social and classroom settings

Sustains a conversation or creates a story with descriptors and details; exhibits self confidence in social situations. Begins to communicate in classroom settings.

Begins to initiate conversation or creates a story. Asks and responds to simple questions

Begins to name concrete objects.

Fluency

Speaker uses a natural pattern of speech with natural pauses.

Speaker has few problems with hesitation or pauses. Needs no prompts.

Speaker has some problems with hesitation that interfere with communication. Needs one or two prompts.

Speaker hesistates frequently or has long pauses that interfere with communication. Needs several prompts.

Accuracy

Minimal errors that do not require any interpretation on the part of the listener.

Some errors that do not interfere with comprehension and requires minimal interpretation on the part of the listener.

Frequent errors that require some interpretation on the part of the listener.

Repeated significant errors that interfere with comprehension.

Range

Uses a variety of descriptive vocabulary and expressions.

Uses adequate descriptive vocabulary and expressions

Uses some descriptive vocabulary and expressions

Uses limited and basic vocabulary repeatedly.