Student Performance Descriptors for Home Language Arts Progressions 5 Levels Entering Emerging Transitioning Expanding Commanding When developing home language, students at each level are able to demonstrate the following with their home language receptively (listening, reading) and productively (speaking, writing). RECEPTIVE LISTENING Recognize pre-identified phrases and short sentences found in the text/context Associate and organize phrases and sentences with support to understand and analyze text Recognize information independently Associate and organize information after teacher modeling to understand and analyze text Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently using teacher provided tools Damaris Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently based on teacher guidance Ko Than Nu Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently with guidance from teacher Marco Tasfiah READING Recognize pre-identified tier 1, 2 and 3 words found in the text/context Associate and organize words with support to gain more complex and detailed understanding and analysis of the text Ko Than Nu Recognize pre-identified information from the text/context Associate and organize provided information to gain more complex and detailed understanding and analysis of the text Damaris Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently using teacher provided tools to gain more complex and detailed understanding and analysis of the text Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently based on teacher guidance to gain more complex and detailed understanding and analysis of the text Marco Recognize information independently Associate and organize information independently after guidance from teacher to gain more complex and detailed understanding and analysis of the text Tasfiah PRODUCTIVE SPEAKING Use provided key phrases and short sentences Complete sentence starters Participate in partnership and small group discussions Use word to incorporate key vocabulary and phrases into their discussion Share ideas without prompting and support Participate in partnership, small group and whole class discussions Use glossaries of terms to independently select and use new vocabulary and phrases Initiate discourse Participate in partnership, small group and whole class discussions Use glossaries of to independently select and use new vocabulary and phrases Initiate and occasionally lead discourse Participate in partnership, small group and whole class discussions Damaris; Ko Than Nu Lead discourse Participate in partnership, small group and whole class discussions Marco; Tasfiah WRITING Complete cloze-type paragraphs Use pre-identified key words Ko Than Nu Develop short paragraphs Use word banks to incorporate key vocabulary and phrases into writing Damaris; Develop multiple paragraph essays Use a glossary of terms to independently select and use new vocabulary and phrases Marco Develop multiple paragraph essays Use teacher provided tools to produce more complex and detailed writing Develop multiple paragraph essays independently Tasfiah Key: Marco; Damaris; Ko Than Nu; Tasfiah