Green Bank Elementary's first-grade language deficits

 Green Bank Elementary's first-grade language deficits include several areas related to sentence structure and grammar

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The following specific deficits are noted with the difference between the WV and local (LOC) percentage of students meeting standards:

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Use of past tense has a deficit of -25

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Subject/verb agreement in a simple sentence shows a deficit of -20

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Use of a period with a declarative sentence has a deficit of -17

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Correctly formed sentences shows a deficit of -15

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Verb formation has a deficit of -14

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Use of exclamation point with exclamatory sentence shows a deficit of -11

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Alphabetizing beginning with a different letter has a deficit of -9

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Use of question mark with an interrogative sentence shows a deficit of -8

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Eliminating fragments shows a deficit of -4

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Purpose and audience has a deficit of -4

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Alphabetizing beginning with the same letter shows a deficit of -2

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Proper and common nouns has a deficit of -1

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Extraneous sentence has a deficit of -1

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Additionally, there is a deficit of -3 in listening

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The information is also presented in a bar graph format that visually represents the deficits in language skills

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Verb formation

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Correctly formed sentences

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Use of period with declarative sentence

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Subject/verb agreement in a simple sentence

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Use of past tense