Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
DLLP
Not Evident
• No use of topic
(essential or
otherwise) vocabulary
in English or only
repeating vocabulary
from prompt
DLLP
Emerging
• Use of some essential
topic vocabulary not
from prompt*
*Prompt is broadly defined
as any question or
comment that students
respond to
Content Guide, pp. 50-52
DLLP
Developing
DLLP
Controlled
• Mostly accurate use of
a variety of topic
vocabulary (including
essential topic vocab
not from prompt and
some precise, topicrelated words beyond
the essential)
• Use of sufficient topic
vocabulary (including
words from prompt) to
make the context clear
• Possible use of
imprecise general
terms in place of
technical (specialized
content-specific)
vocabulary or deictic
referents (e.g., it, that,
these) in place of topic
words
• Appropriate and
accurate use of a
variety of precise
topic/technical
vocabulary (comprised
of essential topic
vocab not from prompt
as well as many words
beyond the basic,
including at least one
technical word)
• Possible use of lowfrequency words that
enliven the
explanation or evoke
an image (aka., vivid
vocab)
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
• Along the progression, children’s word choices moved from including
only basic topic-related vocabulary to increasing technical (including
specialized/content-specific) vocabulary and vivid vocabulary words,
which enliven an explanation or evoke an image
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication
(EO/P):
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication:
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication:
No Evidence of Vocabulary
Sophistication:
With his hands. [Long pause]
[And tell your friend why she should do
it.] No Evidence of Vocabulary
Sophistication
(EO/P):
Because
because they
be because
her teeth is gonna be yellow.
However his parents does it, he should
do it. Then
his parents should teach
•Sentence
fragments
him how to do it. That's what I should
tell him.
Not (yet) evident
Why he should brush his teeth? Um so
he doesn't get cavities neither, and he
doesn't get sick, he doesn't get or he
doesn't get cancer in his teeth.
[Okay. Can you explain to him how to do
it?]
Yeah. You brush your teeth back and
forth like that. You do it from the back to
Emerging
Vocabulary
everywhere,
even
your what Sophistication:
is this
called? Your teeth in the back? Um and
Because
can make
your um
teeth
very
you you
do it onit your
teeth then
from
bad,
and
it's the
like top.
they'll
fall apart.
the back
and
from
Then
you're
and
done. [Okay,
You you
gethow?]
water. You put it in
Because
if you
don't
your mouth
to spit
it out
andbrush
you'reyour
done.
teeth, there's germs on everywhere
onsentences
your teeth, in your mouth.
•Simple
[And can you explain to him how to do
it because he doesn't know how?]
On the side, on the front of your teeth,
on top, and on the bottom.
Emerging
You're supposed to get your toothbrush
and then put some paste. Put it on your
teeth and go side to side. Then put your
teeth together and brush it up and down,
up and down. Then if you want to brush
Developing
your tongue,
brushVocabulary
it. And it's then put
Sophistication:
some water
and spit it out. Then get your
brush and take out all the paste that you
the paste
reasonthen
whytake
is you
don't
were- First,
if there's
it out.
want toit's
have
bad and
teeth.
And
Then itreally
it's healthy,
helpful
it will
you itwant
to know
how
to brush
keep you,
will keep
your
teeth
clean. them
by knowing that you need to take
yoursentences
toothbrush,
takeonly
the
•Complex
(using
toothpaste,
put some toothpaste on
adverbial
“if” clauses)
your toothbrush, put the toothbrush in
the sink with water on and then you
must go put it on your teeth and start
scrubbing every single teeth, every
single piece of your teeth, but then
you get to do something even funner
with the other hand. You scoop up a
glass of water and then you put it in
your mouth. You gargle and then
you spit three times with that only
one water, gargle, and now... [Trails
off]
Developing
You should do it because you want
your teeth to have no cavities. And
as you get older, your parents won't
help you.
[Now can you tell her how to do it
because she doesn't know how?]
You brush it like this. And then when
you're done brushing it, you just
rinse it out. And then if you have
fluoride, you do it.
•Use of topic vocabulary beyond the
essential, including technical
vocabulary
Controlled
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No Evidence of Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
No Evidence of Vocabulary Sophistication
She
should do it so her teeth don't get ugly. And she
(EO/P):
has to do it. And how she do it is because up and
down. And side.
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
However his parents does it, he should do it.
Then his
parentsused
should
himfrom
howthe
to do it.
•Topic
vocabulary
wasteach
repeated
That's what
prompt
(teeth)I should tell him.
•No topic vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Emerging
Sophistication
(EL):teeth.
He should doVocabulary
it because you
want to have clean
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
And if he doesn't know how to brush his teeth, then
She
hashim
to because
clean heryou
teeth
by her
toothbrush.
teach
won't
know
how to brush your
[And
why
should
she
clean
her
teeth?
Can you tell
teeth. And that's all.
her
why?]
[Now
can you tell him how to do it because he doesn't
Because
your mom ask you a lot of times and then
know how?]
she'll
get tired.
Then
if you
don't,
teeth will get
You have
to brush
your
teeth
withyour
a toothbrush.
And
dirty.
you could brush your teeth because you could lose your
tooth.
•Only essential topic vocabulary
•Only essential topic vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Developing Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
The little girl has to do it because her teeth will stay clean,
and they won't
fall out. Sophistication
And they won't turn
Developing
Vocabulary
(EL):like different
colors. And they won't fall out at the same time.
[And can
you tell
hertohow
she should
do it,
how she
Because
his teeth
need
be clean.
And the
bottom
too,
should
clean
her
teeth?]
and his tongue. And he needs to clean in the sides. And
You
on them
the bottom
and then
top to
and then
then
heshould
needs brush
to brush
every day.
Then the
he has
thisthe
part
andside.
then the back and in the back.
clean
other
[Anything else?]
Oh,
andtopic
then vocabulary
you rinse the
brushthe
off.essential
And then you
•Use
ofyeah,
minimal
beyond
put it back in a little cup or next to the sink.
•Use of some topic vocabulary beyond the essential
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Personal routine
EO/P
You should do it because you want your teeth to have no
cavities. And as you get older, your parents won't help
you.
[Now can you tell her how to do it because she doesn't
know how?]
You brush it like this. And then when you're done
brushing it, you just rinse it out. And then if you have
fluoride, you do it.
•Use of topic vocabulary beyond the essential, including technical
vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
• Along the progression, children’s word choices moved from including
only basic topic-related vocabulary to increasing technical (including
specialized/content-specific) vocabulary and vivid vocabulary words,
which enliven an explanation or evoke an image
Academic task
EL
EO/P
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication
(EL):
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication
(EL):
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
No Evidence of Vocabulary
Sophistication (EL):
No Evidence of Vocabulary Sophistication
(EO/P):
With you want to work like you have
something to do with.
You lock them together. And it helps to
learn how much cubes there are. And
No use of topic vocabulary
you can use them like a telescope. I
see you closer!
Um because there's um six cubes.
[Can you tell her how to do it?]
Yeah. One, two, three, four, five, six.
[Can you tell her why this way helps?]
Because there's six cubes. One, two,
three, four, five, six. Because he
didn't Emerging
know how
to count.Sophistication
Vocabulary
(EO/P):
·Use of minimal essential topic
vocabulary
How did you use the cubes? Uh by
counting them. That's it.
[And can you tell her why this way
helps?]
Because you can learn. You can
learn.
OK um to help you use use the
cubes, you need to put one set in a
straight line and another set into. And
Developing
Sophistication
then you
have toVocabulary
count them.
So you
(EO/P):
can count
them easier.
These
cubes
help you because
you
· Small
amount
of essential
topic
can count
them.
Like one, two,
vocabulary
as well
as topic
three, beyond
four, five,
six, I mean.
vocabulary
thewell
essential
[And can you tell him why this way
helps?]
Because it's easier. You can count by
ones. That's harder. But you can
count by threes, that's easier. And
ten is way easier.
Because you can add. If there are
four plus three, then that equals
Controlled
seven.
And thenVocabulary
three plusSophistication
three
equals(EO/P):
six. And if you want to use
one in another and you don't know
It'sdo,
because
it's less
than by
the other
what to
you need
to count
plus
twofour,
plussix.
two
ones.number.
Count byTwo
twos.
Two,
equals six. Three plus three equals
six.
· Use of one technical word and a variety
[Can
you tellbeyond
him what
do to find
of topic
vocabulary
the to
essential
out how many there are?]
Count them.
Use of topic vocabulary beyond the
essential, including one technical word
Uses essential vocabulary and topic
vocabulary beyond the essential
Minimal essential topic vocabulary
No use of topic vocabulary beyond what
was used in the prompt
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
No Evidence
Evidence of
of Vocabulary
Vocabulary Sophistication
Sophistication
No
(EO/P):
(EL):
Academic task
EL
EO/P
You lock
Andyou
it helps
With
youthem
wanttogether.
to work like
have to learn
how much cubes
there are. And you can use
something
to do with.
them like a telescope. I see you closer!
• No use of topic vocabulary
• No use of topic vocabulary beyond what
was used in the prompt (cubes)
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Academic task
EL
EO/P
Emerging
(EO/P):
Um
becauseVocabulary
there's umSophistication
six cubes.
[Can you tell her how to do it?]
How One,
did you
use
the cubes?
Uhsix.
by counting
Yeah.
two,
three,
four, five,
them.
it. why this way helps?]
[Can
youThat's
tell her
Because
sixher
cubes.
two,helps?]
three,
[And canthere's
you tell
why One,
this way
four,
five, you
six. can
Because
know how to
Because
learn.he
Youdidn't
can learn.
count.
•
Only essential topic vocabulary
• Only essential topic vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Academic task
EL
EO/P
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
These cubes help you because you can count
two,
four,you
five,
welltosix, I
OKthem.
um toLike
helpone,
you use
usethree,
the cubes,
need
mean.
put
one set in a straight line and another set into.
[And
can
telltohim
why
this So
way
And
then
youyou
have
count
them.
youhelps?]
can count
Because
them
easier.it's easier. You can count by ones.
That's harder. But you can count by threes,
easier.
And
ten is way
• that's
Minimal
use of
essential
topiceasier.
vocabulary as
well as topic vocabulary beyond the essential
• Use of essential vocabulary and topic vocabulary
beyond the essential
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Academic task
EL
EO/P
Because you can add. If there are four plus three,
It's because
it's seven.
less than
thethen
other
number.
Two
then
that equals
And
three
plus three
plus two
equals
Three
three
equals
six.plus
Andtwo
if you
want six.
to use
one plus
in another
equals
and
you six.
don't know what to do, you need to count
[Can
youCount
tell him
toTwo,
do tofour,
find six.
out how many
by
ones.
bywhat
twos.
there are?]
• Count
Use ofthem.
two technical words and a variety of topic
vocabulary beyond the essential
• Use of topic vocabulary beyond the essential, including
one technical word
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
• Along the progression, children’s word choices moved from including
only basic topic-related vocabulary to increasing technical (including
specialized/content-specific) vocabulary and vivid vocabulary words,
which enliven an explanation or evoke an image
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
You first get the brush. You put
something on it. And then you put it on
your mouth.
You
brush your
teeth. And
Emerging
Vocabulary
Sophistication
then I say
because it's to stay nice and
(EO/P):
clean. It's important to do do your teeth
and clean
them. And
then when
you eat he
He should,
because
then whatever
in the morning
andpeople
it's all beside
night, you
it
eats, other
him,do
I don't
again. think
To clean
teeth.
they'llyour
want
to sit next to him. And
whenever he talks, the other people
· No use
topic
vocabulary
beyond
the
will of
faint.
Maybe
not faint,
but like.
essential
[And can you explain how he has to
clean his teeth?]
With a toothbrush and clean his
teeth.
He should do it because if he doesn't
knows how to clean his teeth, sometimes
his teeth may be dirty. And then you can
tell him to put the toothpaste and how to
brush his tooth. And you have to tell
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication
him to brush on top, side to side, and
(EO/P):
bottom, side to side and brush his
tongue. And get water and put in his
You put toothpaste on a
mouth and spit it out.
toothbrush. And you put it under the
sink water any water for a few
· Use of essential topic vocabulary as well as
seconds, and you brush your teeth
topic vocabulary beyond the essential
all the sides each part of your teeth
on it. When you're done, you just
brush under the water and wait until
everything's done from it. And you
get some water and you drink it but
not all the way. You spit it out and it
cleans your teeth.
[Can you tell your friend why he
should do it?]
To keep your teeth healthy and
white and clean.
Oh, you don't know? First just get
another toothbrush. If the toothbrush is
dry, just put water on it. And then put the
toothpaste
butVocabulary
put a little Sophistication
bit of water.
Controlled
Don't (EO/P):
put a lot. Then the toothpaste will
be gone. And then just brushing the
teeth.You
Then
like
get
your
hands
on athe
should do it because it's
lot
sink. better
Go likeforthis
andteeth
thenand
spitthe
it out
fast.
your
fluoride
And then
you could
floss after
youyou
will make
it stronger.
And or
when
could brush
just leave
alone.you're
And you
should to
yourit teeth,
supposed
do it because
it's
a
healthy
way
for
you
get your toothbrush, put the
to nottoothpaste
have cavities.
on, clean it, try to whiten
it as much as you can, and use your
Use ofmouthwash.
topic vocabulary
beyond
the essential,
And
then you
have to
including
technical vocabulary
floss.
Use of topic vocabulary beyond the
essential, including technical vocabulary
Use of essential topic vocabulary as well
as topic vocabulary beyond the essential
Use of minimal essential topic vocabulary,
and no topic vocabulary beyond the
essential
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
N/A
Personal routine
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
Youshould,
first get
the brush.
You puthe something
on it.
He
because
then whatever
eats, other people
beside
him,you
I don't
think
they'll
to sit You
next brush
to him. And
And then
put
it on
yourwant
mouth.
whenever
he talks,
the other
will faint.
your teeth.
And then
I saypeople
because
it's toMaybe
stay not
nice
faint,
but like.It's important to do do your teeth and
and clean.
[And can you explain how he has to clean his teeth?]
cleana them.
Andand
then
when
you eat in the morning
With
toothbrush
clean
his teeth.
and it's all night, you do it again. To clean your
•teeth.
Only essential topic vocabulary
•
Not (yet) evident
Only essential topic vocabulary
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Developing
Controlled
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Developing
Sophistication
(EL):
DevelopingVocabulary
Vocabulary Sophistication
(EO/P):
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
put toothpaste
on a if
toothbrush.
you put
it under
HeYou
should
do it because
he doesn'tAnd
knows
how
to
the sink
water,sometimes
any water forhis
a few
seconds,
and
you And
clean
his teeth,
teeth
may be
dirty.
brush
all the
eachtoothpaste
part of yourand
teethhow
on it.to
then
youyour
canteeth
tell him
tosides
put the
When
done,
just
brush
the to
water
andon
brush
hisyou're
tooth.
Andyou
you
have
tounder
tell him
brush
wait until everything's done from it. And you get some
top,
side to side, and bottom, side to side and brush his
water and you drink it but not all the way. You spit it out
tongue.
And get
and it cleans
yourwater
teeth.and put in his mouth and spit it
out.
[Can you tell your friend why he should do it?]
To keep your teeth healthy and white and clean.
• Use of essential topic vocabulary as well as topic
• vocabulary
Use of essential
topic
vocabulary
beyond
the
essentialas well as topic
vocabulary beyond the essential
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EO/P):
Personal routine
EL
EO/P
Oh, you don't know? First just get another toothbrush. If
the
just putit's
water
onbetter
it. And for
thenyour
put the
Youtoothbrush
should dois itdry,
because
a lot
teeth
toothpaste
but put awill
little
bit ofitwater.
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put awhen
lot. you
and the fluoride
make
stronger.
Then
theyour
toothpaste
be gone.
And then
justyour
brushing
brush
teeth, will
you're
supposed
to get
the teeth. Then like get your hands on the sink. Go like this
toothbrush, put the toothpaste on, clean it, try to
and then spit it out fast. And then you could floss after or
whiten
asleave
muchit as
youAnd
can,you
and
use your
mouthwash.
you
could itjust
alone.
should
do it because
And
then you
to floss.
it's
a healthy
wayhave
for you
to not have cavities.
• • Use
of of
topic
vocabulary
beyond
the essential,
including
Use
topic
vocabulary
beyond
the essential,
technical
vocabulary
including
technical vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Emerging
Developing
Controlled
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Sophistication of Topic Vocabulary
• Along the progression, children’s word choices moved from including
only basic topic-related vocabulary to increasing technical (including
specialized/content-specific) vocabulary and vivid vocabulary words,
which enliven an explanation or evoke an image
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Academic task
EL
EO/P
No Evidence of Vocabulary Sophistication
(EL):
To find out how many there are, first
you have to find out if they're the same
color or not. And how many are there
altogether. And when you find out how
many there're altogether then you find
your answer and it's more easier this
way because you don't need to be all
stressed out.
No use of essential vocabulary
Not (yet) evident
Developing Vocabulary Sophistication
(EL):
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication (EL):
Emerging Vocabulary Sophistication
(EO/P):and counting more easily.
By learning
I can show him how he could put them
I think
should
just
take
four
and how
he you
could
count.
And
how
he
andnumbers
move twohigher.
out, move two
could fingers
get to the
out, move two out, and count the
twos
as
you're
moving
them
out.
It's
· Use of essential topic vocabulary
really efficient that way since you just
have to do twenty-five poles instead
of gathering five and doing ten. So
it's more efficient that way. And you
can just pull two out with really easy
but if say some are stuck together,
then you can't pull five or ten out. And
it would take too long to pull five or
ten out since you can't hold ten in a
hand if your hand is too small.
We can use the cubes by using our
fingers. And we could use them for
Developing
Vocabulary
Sophistication
we could
get better
our counting
and
having(EO/P):
more numbers in your head.
If you
know
howyou
to count
by tens,
And they
could
help
counting
you can
put don't
ten blocks.
You can put
sometimes
if you
know you
those
blocks and
make a one
could ten
getofsome
teachers
something
strip,
then
you
on making
else for
youand
could
find
outkeep
which
them
until
you
are until
number
is it.
And
it could
helpyou
yourun out.
And and
thentake
you away.
go ten, twenty, thirty,
subtract
forty, fifty.
can you
tell her
Use of[Researcher:
minimal topic And
vocabulary
beyond
why that way helps?]
the essential
It's easy because you can just go ten,
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and not have
to add some other numbers. And so
that's my easy strategy.
A easy way is to connect all the red ones.
Wait, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. A easy
way is to connect them, the row, each
color and whatever the number that the
first color has, I think it, the others colors
could have the other one, the same
amount. So this one had 10, but I
accidentally put a white one, but if I were
Controlled Vocabulary Sophistication
to, there's a red one left, so if I would have
(EO/P):
put the red one where the white one goes,
and take the white one out, there would've
We can stick them together or just put
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To find out how many there are, first you have to find
out if they're the same color or not. And how many are
there altogether. And when you find out how many
there're altogether then you find your answer and it's
more easier this way because you don't need to be all
stressed out.
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Academic task
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I would tell her, "First you get the paste
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after that, you rinse your toothbrush. And you
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gross to just leave it there with your saliva
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You could use it so you don't get- so they're
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them in groups so that you wouldn't be
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confused. So that's why you use this.
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side and just keep doing that with all of
them. And it will help them because it's
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like by twos or fives or tens or six or however
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hundred so you do that because ten ten
to make the context clear
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way helps?]
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them correctly. And you know for sure
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there were, you should put them in groups
of ten, so that makes it easier. Or you
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(EO/P):
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He should grab it and place it over to one side and
just keep doing that with all of them. And it will
help them because it's much quicker.
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