Speech Skills by age 4-5:



SPEECH LANGUAGE BENCHMARKS

Speech Skills by age 4-5:

Should produce: /t, d, n, m, p, b, h, w, k, g, f/

Language skills by age 4-5:

Sentence length- 4-5 words typical

Uses pronouns,

present progressive “ing”,

past progressive verbs “was”, “were”,

regular past tense “ed”

third person singular “s”

possessive “s”

regular plural “s”, “es”

negation- “not”

articles “a” and “the”

Can tell about the recent past, give plausible reasons to common problems, predict upcoming events

Asks/answers simple “wh” questions

Knows some basic category names and members

Understands basic concepts (spatial, descriptive, quantity, time and sequence)

Can make inferences about everyday situations (i.e., what happens is you fall off your bike?)

Follow and complete simple step directions

State functions of common objects

Pragmatic Skills by age 4-5:

Takes turns both in activities and conversation

Some difficulty maintaining topic and attention for more that a few minutes

Maintains eye contact in conversational speech (i.e., looks at speaker when talking)

Can sequentially retell a short story

Has great difficulty understanding abstract/non-literal ideas or speech

Speech Skills by age 5-6:

Should produce: /t, d, n, m, p, b, h, w, k, g, f. y, ng, s, z, l, j, sh, ch, v/

Language skills by age 5-6:

Sentence length- + 5 words, complex sentences (uses “and”, “if”, “because”, etc)

Uses pronouns,

present progressive “ing”,

past progressive verbs “was”, “were”,

regular past tense “ed”

irregular past tense verbs

third person singular “s”

possessive “s”

regular plural “s”, “es”

negation-contractions, absence of double negatives

articles “a” and “the”

Can tell about the recent past, give plausible reasons to common problems, predict upcoming events or results

Asks/answers “wh” questions

Knows basic category names and members

Understands basic concepts (spatial, descriptive, quantity, time and sequence)

Can make inferences about everyday situations (i.e., what happens is you fall off your bike?)

Follow and complete 1-2 step directions

Understand simple opposites

Can words define functionally

Pragmatic Skills by age 5-6:

Takes turns both in activities and conversation

Maintains topic effectively (10-20 exchanges about a topic typical)

Maintains eye contact in conversational speech (i.e., looks at speaker when talking)

Can sequentially retell a story

Has difficulty understanding abstract/non-literal ideas or speech

Speech Skills by age 6-7:

Should produce: /t, d, n, m, p, b, h, w, k, g, f. y, ng, s, z, l, j, sh, ch, v, r/ and blends

Language skills by age 6-7:

Sentence length- + 5 words, complex sentences (uses “and”, “if”, “because”, etc)

Uses pronouns,

present progressive “ing”,

past progressive verbs “was”, “were”,

regular past tense “ed”

irregular past tense verbs

third person singular “s”

possessive “s”

regular plural “s”, “es”

irregular plurals

negation-contractions, absence of double negatives

articles “a” and “the”

Can tell about the recent past, give plausible reasons to common problems, predict upcoming events or results

Asks/answers “wh” questions

Knows many category names and members

Understands basic concepts (spatial, descriptive, quantity, time and sequence)

Can make inferences about everyday situations (i.e., what happens is you fall off your bike?)

Follow and complete 2-3 step directions

Understands and uses opposites and synonyms

Definitions are more than just stating function

Pragmatic Skills by age 6-7:

Takes turns both in activities and conversation

Maintains topic effectively

Maintains eye contact in conversational speech (i.e., looks at speaker when talking)

Can sequentially retell a story

Has difficulty understanding abstract/non-literal ideas or speech

Speech Skills by age 7-8:

Should produce: /t, d, n, m, p, b, h, w, k, g, f. y, ng, s, z, l, j, sh, ch, v, r, th, vowel r/ and blends

Language skills by age 7-8:

Sentence length- + 6 words, complex sentences (uses “and”, “if”, “because”, etc) common

Uses pronouns,

present progressive “ing”,

past progressive verbs “was”, “were”,

regular past tense “ed”

irregular past tense verbs

third person singular “s”

possessive “s”

regular plural “s”, “es”

irregular plurals

negation-contractions, absence of double negatives

articles “a” and “the”

Can tell about the recent past, give plausible reasons to common problems, predict upcoming events or results

Asks/answers “wh” questions

Knows many category names and members

Understands basic concepts (spatial, descriptive, quantity, time and sequence)

Can make inferences about situations experienced or described

Follow and complete 3-4 step directions

Understands/uses opposites, synonyms, homonyms, multiple meanings

Give complete definitions (without using the word being defined in the definition)

Pragmatic Skills by age 7-8:

Takes turns both in activities and conversation

Maintains topic effectively (little reconstruction/repetition)

Maintains eye contact in conversational speech (i.e., looks at speaker when talking)

Can sequentially retell a story/event

Beginning to understand abstract/non-literal ideas or speech

Speech Skills above age of 8:

Should have no speech errors

Language skills above age of 8:

Sentence length- + 6 words, complex sentences (uses “and”, “if”, “because”, etc) common

Uses pronouns,

present progressive “ing”,

past progressive verbs “was”, “were”,

regular past tense “ed”

irregular past tense verbs

third person singular “s”

possessive “s”

regular plural “s”, “es”

irregular plurals

negation-contractions, absence of double negatives

articles “a” and “the”

Can tell about the past, give plausible reasons to problems, predict possible outcomes/consequences

Asks/answers “wh” questions

Knows many category names and members

Understands basic concepts (spatial, descriptive, quantity, time and sequence)

Can make inferences about situations experienced or described

Follow and complete complex directions

Understands/uses opposites, synonyms, homonyms, multiple meanings

Give complete definitions (without using the word being defined in the definition)

Pragmatic Skills above the age of 8:

Takes turns both in activities and conversation

Maintains topic effectively (little reconstruction/repetition)

Maintains eye contact in conversational speech (i.e., looks at speaker when talking)

Can sequentially retell a story/event

Beginning to understand abstract/non-literal ideas or speech

Courtesy of Okirima-Tiluk

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