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Comprehension Assessment

Once children can read all the target vocabulary identified for a particular stage they must then successfully complete  a comprehension assessment before moving onto the next stage.

The teacher can used the children's drawings to assess their grammatical understanding and judge whether language input is needed before moving on or whether it can be taught whilst working on the next stage.  For example in the Yellow assessment the snake would need to be drawn in the box.  Drawing a snake and box side by side would indicate a lack of understanding of this English structure where-as drawing the objects next to each other is appropriate in the second picture.

Comprehension assessments consist of drawing activities in the early stages of the scheme.  From stage 5 comprehension assessments involve answering written questions and finding information to complete tables and charts.

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