North Carolina Early Learning and Development Progressions: Birth to Five

Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)

Subdomain: Learning to Communicate

Goal: Children participate in conversations with peers and adults in one-on-one, small, and larger group interactions.

Skill Progression: Participate in conversations with peers and adults

Age: 54-60 Months

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Communicates in group activities by taking turns most of the time

Situations for Observation of Skill

Observe the child in peer discussions throughout the day.

Elicitation Strategy

If humor is not seen spontaneously, the adult can ask the child to tell them a joke or something that she thinks is funny.

Behavior Observed

The child understands how the unexpected is funny and how language used in different ways can be funny. He may tell a joke using a framework (e.g., a knock-knock joke), but not know why it is or is not funny.

Routines-based Intervention (Embedded Instruction)

Include classroom discussions on themes and relevant topics into the day.

 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015

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