Junior Oral Language Screening Tool
J.O.S.T. is a screening tool that has been compiled for teachers who require more information on children’s oral language.
Tenses
No picture
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Past regular
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Acceptable Responses
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Ask the child to jump
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Ask "What did you do?"
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I...
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jumped
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Repeat with clap
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I...
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clapped
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Past Irregular
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Say "Let's make the pen fall"
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Ask "What happened?"
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It...
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fell
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Teacher hides a pen
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Ask child to find it
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Ask "What did you do?"
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I...
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found
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Future
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Teacher says "Look at the whole picture"
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Acceptable Responses
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Ask "What will happen........."
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Sentence to contain
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"will" or "is going to"
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