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Existence
(names people, places, things, ideas)
NonExistence
(something or someone is not present)
Recurrence
(wants an object or action to happen again)
Rejection
(No, I dont want it)
Denial
(No, its not true, not accurate, not right)
Attribution
(Adjectivescondition, sizes, shapes, colors)
Possession
(A person who is the owner; may use a noun or pronoun)
Action
(Action Verbs; not state of beingis, am, are)
Locative Action
(Movement to a new location; may be verb or preposition)
more no
no
Mine, da mommy
PHASE 1
CA: 12 months18 months (1-1 years) Vocabulary ~ 20 to 100 words MLU 1.0
Recurrence
Rejection
Denial
Attribution
Possession
Action
(N+V or V+N; a is a marker and may be inconsistent) A eat juice, read a book, ride this
Locative Action
Up Pat, Sweaterchair, away ball
no
no
PHASE 2
CA: 18 months24 months (1 -2 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 300 words MLU 1.2
Action
(Action Verbs: not state of being: is, am, are) Mommy wash this, I do it, Kathryn read this
Locative Action
(Movement to a new location; may be a verb or preposition) Man sit train, boy go there, lamb go in there
Locative State
(Specifies a person or obj and its location; no movemnent) Baby up, cup shelf, mommy at work, fish in water, baby in
State
(State of being verbs: internal~wants & external~ it is___) I want book, baby sleep, I have kitten
Quantity
(Number word OR plural marker. Plural /s/ is only emerging at this stage) Five cow, five cows, many cow, many cows, books
PHASE 3
CA: 24 months30 months (2-2 years)
4. Quantity
(plural /s/ now required)
5. Action + Attribution
7. Existence + Recurrence
(another)
8. Action + Recurrence
(more/another)
9. Action + Place
(action without movement to a new location)
Condition- Fix the broken toy Size- Get the big ball Type- Wash the soccer shoes Shape- Make a square house Kind- Make a chocolate cake Color- I draw red man
Daddy get another dog, Draw another picture, Eat more popcorn
PHASE 4
CA: 30 months36 months (2 -3 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 900 words
MLU 2.5
16. Temporal/ Locative Action + 3rd Person s(3rd person s- used for habitual action; uses this/that and here/there)
17. Notice
(draws attention to obj or person) *Look/ Hear
PHASE 4
CA: 30 months36 months (2 -3 years)
MLU 2.5
3. Denial
(Use of the word not)
5. Locative Action + IN
6. Possession
7. Locative Action + ON
9. Existence + WHo
Mary wash your hands; Who is that? Who is this? I am washing my hands
PHASE 5
CA: 36 months42 months (3-3 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 1,200 words
MLU 3.0
19. Specification
All the boys and girls are here, give me all your candy
I want that brush, I need that blue one, I sit in this chair
PHASE 5
CA: 36 months42 months (3-3 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 1,200 words
MLU 3.0
29. Causal
30. Dative
(Utterance must include recipient of an objectdoes not use to or for yet)
That be the stove/ want to cook it I dump out this way/ stir it
Theres a bear having a birthday party and theres a buzz and the little girl goes out the bathtub and eats
Open door (for me), Mrs. Bloom You get some (for) Kathryn
PHASE 5
CA: 36 months42 months (3-3 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 1,200 words
MLU 3.0
5. DativeStatement *To*
(Must include recipient of an obj; aka prepositional phrases)
6. DativeQuestion *To*
(Same as # 5 but in a question form)
8. DativeStatement *For*
(Must include recipient of an obj.; aka prepositional phrase)
Lets put these in the box, I want the brown one not the white one
Will you give the cup to Mandy?, Will you throw the ball to me?
PHASE 6
CA: 42 months48 months (3 -4 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 1,500 words
MLU 4.4
Will you open these for me?, Will you get that for Julie?
Its your turn now I want go Grandmas now, Now you read the book
I m gonna step in the puddle with sandals on and get all wet
You cant see it cause its way inside, We cant play outside cause its raining
I wake up and put on my clothes, I get my book bag and ride the bus
PHASE 6
CA: 42 months-48 months (3 -4 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 1,500 words
MLU 4.4
2. Action + WHo?
(Questioning the agent different than Who that?))
3. Causal *Because*
(Objective and Subjective relationships; Subjective relations involve personal or cultural judgments) You stay away cause I hafta go in there
5. Action + WHat
(Questioning the action; pro-verb: doing;; auxiliary verb is omitted)
6. Causal *So*
(Objective relations)
9. Action + WH
(Questioning the object; different that Whats this)
It looks like a fishing thing and you fish with it, its a ball and you play soccer with it
Lets all take all the books out so we can read them;
PHASE 7
CA: 48 months52 months (4-4 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 2,000 words
MLU 4.4
13. Epistemic
* Know what* *Dont know what* (A type of state; specific to mental state)
15. Epistemic 16. Notice/ *Know where* Perception *Dont know (Without where* connective (A type of state; what and if) specific to mental state)
18. Adversative *But* (Expresses a relationship of contrast; One clause negates, qualifies, or limits the other)
I listen to music when I go running, I stay inside when daddy is mowing the yard
I know where I put the airplane, I dont know where the man go
The butterflies saw the bumble bees here but they are not coming out, I want to play but I dont have a ball
PHASE 7
CA: 48 months52 months (4-4 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 2,000 words
MLU 4.4
3. State + Intention
(2 subjects, 2 verbs plus to; make sure the verb is a STATE verb)
4. Causal + Why?
(Questioning the reasoning for something; Develops after statements)
5. Specification *That* (Relative clause with that; Object or person is named in the first clause and described in the 2nd clause)
Well I dumped all these blocks out and made a big mess, We waited for the bus
I want this doll to stay here, I want Lois doll to stay, I want daddy to carry me
Whyd you bring these shoes, Why are you putting it right there?
The bunny rabbits are sleeping and everybodys sleeping, This is the big one that goes over there Oh, theyre eating and this little girl is having milk He isnt having any food
PHASE 8
CA: 52 months60 months (4 -5 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 2,500 words
MLU 5.6
9. Specification *Who*
(relative clauses with who; Object or person is named in the first clasue and described in the 2nd clause)
12. Temporal *To be- past tense* (Auxiliary to be in the past tense)
13. Temporal *To Be- Past Tense Negated* (auxiliary to be in the past tense negated)
I m gonna see if theres more tape, See how fast I can run
Maybe mommy will wash the boy and girl, I think Daddy will open the box I was scratching my head He isnt having any food
PHASE 8
CA: 52 months60 months (4 -5 years) Vocabulary ~ Up to 2,500 words
MLU 5.6
Bloom & Lahey Recording Sheet developed by Sherri Vernelson, M.Ed., LSLS Cert. AVEd & Emily Pratt, MS, CCC-SLP Recommended sequence of teaching for Phases 4-8 was developed by Barbara Brite Lee, MA, MEd, CCC-A, and is intended for use with delayed and remedial students Vocabulary info. adapted from: Bartel, N. (1975). Assessing and remediating problems in language development. In: D.D. Hammill & N. Bartel (eds.) Teaching children with language and behavior problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Adapted by the authors from Berry (1969), Templin (1957) and from other sources. p. 13 of 13, Exceptional Children Division, NC Department of Public Instruction Updated February 2012