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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Speaking and listening
ASSESSMENT
Norms for digit span and recall of sentences
Age
Digit span
Sentence length
<5 years
4
8 words
5–6 years
4
9 words
6–7 years
4
10 words
7–8 years
4
11 words
8–9 years
4
13 words
9–10 years
4
13 words
10–11 years
5
14 words
11–12 years
5
14 words
Oral cloze sentences and sentence starters
Purpose:
To prompt students to use and demonstrate their understanding of target
vocabulary (eg nouns, verbs, adjectives/adverbs).
The examples below are provided as a guide only. Teachers should select vocabulary
according to the unit of work/focus of learning.
Instructions
Tell the student ‘I will start a sentence, I want you to finish it’.
Examples of nouns:
• We sleep in ...
• We keep food cold in ...
• We write with ...
Examples of verbs:
• Books are for ... (eg reading)
• Chairs are for ... (eg sitting)
• TVs are for ... (eg watching)
• Balls are for ... (eg throwing, catching, rolling, bouncing)
