Developmental Milestones 5 years - Adolescence Module One

Language & Literacy: UA Course

5+ years should be taught higher level concepts such as

animals & their habitats

To teach higher level concepts like animals & habitats

use EXPOSITORY books such as “can i keep him”

Expose children to animal names & facts

FACTS/expository books

expose child to higher level words & sentences.

5+ years old should be exposed to higher level books

exposed to books that make mistakes!

use book w/ things that go wrong and have child correct them

OR

you be the student/child the teacher and you make mistakes so they “teach” you

BY 5 years old, how many words in sentence?

4-5+ words in sentence

__ % of sentences are grammatically correct

90

how many words in vocab

2100-2200

Children use modal verbs

true

childs pictures are recognizable

true

by 5 year olds children understand

spatial terms such as between, under, over.

by 5 years old children listen

listen to short stories & answers questions about them.

by 5 years old children can

stick to the topic of conversation & string ideas together in a
sequence.

What books are appropriate for 5+ year olds

Books with Puns, Metaphors, & Higher Level Metalinguistic Concepts

what writing style do children have by 5 years old

Children attend to a variety of writing styles

use books to expose children to various styles (post cards, invitations, poems etc)

when do children use complex clauses

by 8 Years: Children use complex (embedded) clauses including both relative & subordinate clauses.

what is a relative clause

That, who, which clauses such as: “I like the one that you picked” or “Show me the boy who ate the candy” or “I know which one you see.”

what is a subordinate clause

Because, if, when, what, how, where, whenever...such as: “He is happy because he won” or “She sees what you mean” or He knows “where you live” or “I know how to do that” or “I can go when you are ready.”

what ages are termed adolescent

10-12

Children aged 10-12 should be able to

Children Understand Higher Level Abstract (Metalinguistic) Concepts such
as:
o Puns, Metaphors, Idioms, Double Meanings

Children aged 10-12 use what type of thought

abstract thought

10-12 year olds use what level of reading and writing skills

higher level

how many words do adolescents (10-12) understand

50,000