Expressive Language Skills

You need to know how important it is to talk with your child in a ways that encourages good Speech Expression. If you are a good role model, then your child has a better chance of developing age appropriate language skills. As elementary students graduate from one grade level to another, their expressive language skills should be in a constant growth.

Many students with poor expressive language skills will struggle academically in reading and writing.

Key areas to target during the summer months to help your child maintain good expressive skills are:

*Understand what spoken and written language is. Does your child communicate thoughts and ideas in a logical and sequential manner?
*How is spoken and written language expressed in your child's daily routine. Take a trip to the library once a week and use books to encourage expressive language skills.
*Does your child have correct morphology skills (word forms) when writing? (Does your child speak with correct word endings? example: bigg-est, tall-er) to convey the intended meaning of what he/she is trying to say.
*Syntax-Does your child demonstrate adequate word order when writing and speaking?
*Semantics-being able to understand vocabulary. This is important in all subject areas.
*Phonological skills- important for spelling and reading and decoding words.

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