West Virginia
English Language Proficiency Standards for English Learners

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a very limited set of strategies to identify a few key words in read-alouds and oral presentations (information or stories presented orally).

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use an emerging set of strategies to identify some key words and phrases in read-alouds and oral presentations.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a developing set of strategies to identify main topics in read-alouds and oral presentations, and ask and answer questions about key details.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use an increasing range of strategies to identify main topics, answer questions about key details or parts of stories from read-alouds, picture books, and oral presentations, and retell events from stories.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), use a wide range of strategies to identify main topics, answer questions about key details in read-alouds, picture books, oral presentations, and retell familiar stories.

Listen with limited participation in short conversations about familiar topics and respond to simple questions and some who, what, when, where (wh-) questions.

Participate in short conversations about familiar topics and respond to simple questions and wh- questions.

Participate in short conversations about familiar topics, follow some rules for discussion, and respond to simple questions and wh- questions.

Participate in conversations and discussions about a variety of topics, follow an increasing number of rules for discussion, and ask and answer simple questions.

Participate in conversations and discussions about a variety of topics, follow rules for discussion, and ask and answer questions.

Communicate simple information or feelings about familiar topics or experiences.

Communicate simple information or feelings about familiar topics, experiences, events, or objects in the environment.

Communicate information or feelings about familiar topics, experiences, or events.

Tell or dictate simple messages about a variety of topics or experiences.

Make simple oral presentations and compose short written texts about a variety of topics, experiences, or events.

Express a feeling or opinion about a familiar topic.

Express an opinion or preference about a familiar topic.

Express an opinion or preference about a familiar topic or story.

Express an opinion or preference about a variety of topics or stories.

Express an opinion or preference about a variety of topics or stories.

With prompting and support, recall information from experience or from a provided source.

With prompting and support, recall information from experience or use information from a provided source to answer a question.

With prompting and support, recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question.

With prompting and support, recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question.

With prompting and support, recall information from experience or use information from provided sources to answer a question.

With prompting and support, identify a reason an author or speaker gives to support a point.

With prompting and support, identify appropriate reasons an author or speaker gives to support main points.

Show a developing awareness of the difference between appropriate language for the playground and language for the classroom.

Show awareness of differences between informal, 'playground speech' and language appropriate to the classroom, and use some words learned through conversations, reading, and being read to.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), recognize the meaning of a few frequently occurring words in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), recognize the meaning of some frequently occurring words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), answer questions to help determine the meaning of some words and phrases in simple oral presentations and read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or events.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), 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 events.

With prompting and support (including context and visual aids), 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 events.

Retell several events from experience or a familiar story with support (including visual aids, context), with developing control of some frequently occurring linking words (e.g., and, then).

Retell a simple sequence of events from experience or a familiar story with support (including visual aids, context), with increasingly independent control of frequently occurring linking words.

Retell a short sequence of events from experience or a familiar story with a beginning, middle, and end with support (including visual aids), using frequently occurring linking words.

Recognize and use a small number of frequently occurring nouns and verbs, and understand and respond to simple questions, with support (including context and visual aids).

Recognize and use frequently occurring nouns, verbs, and short phrases, respond to yes/no and wh- questions, and produce a few simple sentences in shared language activities, with support (including context, visual aids).

Recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns (-s, -es), verbs, and prepositions, use and respond to question words, and produce simple sentences in shared language activities, with support (including context, visual aids).

Recognize and use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, and prepositions, use and respond to question words, and produce and expand simple sentences in shared language activities, with support (context, visual aids).

Use frequently occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, prepositions, and question words, ask and answer questions using interrogatives, and produce and expand simple sentences in shared language activities and with increasing independence.