Language Development Assessment
Based on the Florida Early Learning Development Framework
Child’s Name: Date of Assessment:
Observation Setting:
| Criteria | Not Met | Emerging | Met | Comments 1. How will this criteria be observed? (Who, what, where, when, how?) 2. What course of action will be taken for a child who is marked as “not met,” but should be? 3. Give an example of one DAP activity to support children who do not yet meet the criteria or need further support. |
| Birth to Age 2 Standard Emerging language | ||||
| Criteria 1. Listening and understanding | ✓
| 1. The child is seen to engage in a lot of conversations with the adults around him. 2. The child I able to listen and show understanding of instructions. | ||
| Criteria 2.
Speaking
| ✓
| 1. The child was able to show some signs of speaking using sounds. 2. The child can pronounce some words that can be understood for 50% of the time by the people taking care of them (Office of Early Learning, 2017). | ||
| Criteria 3. Vocabulary | ✓
| 1. The child showed some understanding of some words and seemed to respond. 2. Able to describe some objects or speak out words. 3. The child was able to respond to some requests. | ||
| Criteria 4. Sentence and structure | ✓
| 1. The child is able to name some times, most of which are nouns such as a chair, cup, spoon, etc. 2. The child was able to make short sentences mostly made of two words. | ||
| Criteria 5. Conversation
| ✓
| 1. The child communicated through signs and use of some words and sounds. 2. The child was able to respond to questions using a word or two. | ||
| Preschool (Ages 3 to 5) Standard (Citation) | ||||
| Criteria 1.
Listening and understanding | ✓
| 1. The child is able to understand the spoken language. 2. They are show listening skills by identifying the sounds of familiar animals. 3. The child was able to be guided and follow directions. | ||
| Criteria 2.
Speaking | ✓
| 1. The child was able to speak a language that was understood, but there were pronunciation errors. | ||
| Criteria 3.
Vocabulary
| ✓
| 1. The child was beginning to understand some meanings of words. 2. The child is able to make ideas. 3. The child is able to understand the language in many diverse contexts. | ||
| Criteria 4.
Sentence structure | ✓
| 1. The child was able to make longer sentences for three to four words. 2. The child was able to make complete sentences. | ||
| Criteria 5.
Conversation | ✓
| 1. The child was able to understand and respond to questions. 2. The child was understanding longer and more complex sentences (Office of Early Learning, 2017). | ||
| School-Age Standard (Citation) | ||||
| Criteria 1.
Lustering and speaking | ✓
| 1. The child was able to communicate and listen to instructions. 2. The child was able to understand the two-step direction.
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| Criteria 2.
Vocabulary | ✓
| 1. The child had a wider understanding of words. 2. The child was able to clarifications where he did not understand. | ||
| Criteria 3.
Sentence and structure | ✓
| 1. The child was able to sentences that contained more than one phrase. 2. The child is able to make sentences with full meaning with more than five words (Office of Early Learning, 2017). | ||
| Criteria 4.
Conversation | ✓
| 1. The child was able to engage in conversation using words and gestures. 2. The child was able to respond to questions and also ask questions to clarify issues. | ||
| Criteria 5.
Speaking | ✓
| 1. The child spoke in a language that was understood by the listeners. 2. There were some errors in the structure of the sentence and pronunciation. |
Reference
Office of Early Learning. (2017). Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards. Retrieved June 19, 2020, from http://flbt5.floridaearlylearning.com/standards.html#d=I,IV&a=18-24_months,eight_to_eighteen-months,three_year_olds,two_year_olds,four_year_olds,birth_to_eight-months