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Level 3, The Intermediate Stage

Student Behaviors at Level 3:
 * retells events using descriptive vocabulary
 * summarizes narrative accounts
 * identifies main ideas
 * provides details orally
 * makes comparisons
 * identifies and defines new vocabulary orally
 * relies on illustrations for reading context clues
 * writes simple sentences using high-frequency words

Key Strategies
 * creating illustrated thesauruses to expand vocabulary
 * word study of etymologies
 * use of cognates
 * teaching study skills like note taking
 * double-entry journals for citing important story parts and reflecting on the meaning
 * using picture walks prior to reading
 * using graphic organizers to facilitate organizing ideas
 * exploring figurative language
 * employing process writing to expand simple sentences
 * facilitating writing with presentation software that utilizes hypermedia

Indicators of Level 3:
 * Listening:
 * relies on illustration for reading context clues
 * after hearing a story can recall events in order
 * asks questions
 * Speaking:
 * retells events using descriptive vocabulary
 * provides details orally
 * makes comparisons
 * Reading:
 * reads simple stories with illustrations
 * follows written directions
 * identifies and defines new vocabulary orally
 * identifies main ideas
 * summarizes narrative accounts
 * Writing:
 * writes simple sentences using high-frequency words

Here is a video clip from YouTube. It is 6 minutes long, but it demonstrates great SDAIE strategies!

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