Level+3

*This level is more about attaining proficiency and understanding than about speed learning. Therefore, advancing to stage 4 is not instantaneous.
 * Level 3**: The Intermediate Stage
 * Duration**: 2-3 years

Recognize this student by...
 * greater vocabulary (more than "happy" or "sad") - description, details
 * higher thinking skills - ability to summarize, make comparisons, identify main points
 * look up definitions on their own

How to work with this student...
 * Use graphic organizers to teach an ordered thought process
 * Teach figurative language and process writing to expand simple sentences
 * Use powerpoints or other informative media sources to visual stimulate
 * Use illustrated thesaurus, word study/how word is formed, use of cognates
 * Teach study skills like note taking

Reading/Writing Skills
 * Reading
 * Can read picture books (relies illustrations for context help)
 * Able to follow written instruction
 * Orally processes and articulates vocabulary
 * Can recognize main ideas
 * Summarize narrative accounts
 * Writing
 * Utilizes high-frequency words to form simple sentences (same words over and over)

listening/ speaking skills

**Teaching strategies for listening, speaking, reading and writing**
 * Listening
 * can retain material and recall events from hearing a story
 * looks to illustrations for reading context clues
 * ask questions
 * Speaking
 * retells an event by using descriptive narrative
 * makes comparisons
 * provides detail in telling stories

These strategies help the students relate with the story and they are able to retain the information in order to retell the story. These strategies help students develop the speaking skills that are crucial to their learning development. These help encourage students ability to mature within their reading capabilities These strategies work closely with the students progress and show how to keep track of the students progress as well as encourage them to develop in their writing skills
 * Listening
 * take book and picture walks
 * identify important story elements
 * use pictures along with the story
 * ask students to paraphrases directions
 * Some student activity's that coincide with these teaching strategies would be..
 * preview the pictures in the stories
 * have the students recall the events in the story after reading it to them.
 * ask questions
 * Speaking
 * ask the students open ended questions
 * conduct collaborative interviews
 * understand the prior knowledge and experience of the students
 * model appropriate speech and have the students model it back to the teacher
 * to help the students develop fluency provide interactive word games
 * some student actives that would help the students abilities to mature further would be..
 * making comparisons
 * have the students develop their own personal dictionary
 * retell the stories with descriptive narrative
 * Reading
 * teaching literary analysis
 * using reference to materials
 * teaching reading fluency
 * guide reading discussions
 * teach different genres
 * some student activities that would help develop further reading skills would be..
 * reading simple stories with illustrations
 * following written directions
 * identifying with new vocabulary
 * identify main ideas and genres
 * be able to summarize narrative accounts
 * Writing
 * keeping journals
 * pre-writing organizers
 * word banks
 * expand vocabulary
 * analyze different genres of writing
 * work with rubric assessments
 * Some student activities for writing would be..
 * assess reference materials
 * create word banks
 * differentiate narrative form informational writing
 * practice rubric criteria
 * comment on important passages