Phonics Assessment

This is a sample Phonemic and phonics assessment that might provide instructional information about the literacy skills of your students. This is a fairly short survey. You can use this assessment as a model to develop a more expanded version for progress monitoring or to develop a diagnostic test for your struggling readers. You can start with Part 5 if you have older students and you are focusing on phonics skills.

Parts of these assessments were developed by Dr. Adria Klein, Professor at CSU San Bernardino. The assessments and demonstration videotapes can be found at: http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/assessments.html

Consider using the following criterion levels to place students, and identify areas of concern: 1. Independent (95% or higher) 2. Instructional build mastery and fluency (75 95%) 3. Instructional Deficit area that you will need to strengthen through explicit teaching (< 75%) (e.g., analyze specific elements that are unknown, teach, and reteach) Continue testing until you identify at least 2 or more phonics skill areas that are areas of concern

The student test materials can be found at the end of this packet. This packet contains both the examiners copy of the test, as well as the student test materials.

1. Alphabet Knowledge
Letter Name: Using the Student Response Sheet, the student points and names the letters as the teacher records the responses in the table below. Teacher Instruction: "Tell me the name of these letters. Letter sound: Teacher Instruction: "Tell me the sound that this letter makes. Students should be assessed individually 3 or 4 times per year. The teacher is looking for student progress. If little progress is seen, the child should be given intervention strategies. Lower Case Letters Record Performance (+ Correct; - Incorrect) Letter Name Letter Sound
b t g e s n c h w a y k f p v r d h z i q l x j m o

Letter Name

Letter Sound

2. Vowel Sounds: Tell me the sounds of these letter. Point to each letter, and tell me the sound that it
makes.

Correct (+); Incorrect (-): Record alternate sound student says 1. a 2. u 3. i 4. e 5. o

3. Name the medial Vowel Sounds in spoken words: "Listen carefully to the words I say to you. Tell me the vowel sound you hear in the middle position of each word." So if I said bug, you would say /u/ because that is the vowel sound in the middle of the word. Listen to these words and tell me the short vowel sound in the middle of the words. (requires phoneme segmentation skills & knowledge of vowel sounds)

Dictated word 1. bog 2. cut 3. let 4. mat 5. hip 6. luck 7. drop 8. nest 9. jump 10. flick

Answ er /o/ /u/ /e/ /a/ /i/ /u/ /o/ /e/ /u/ /i/

Correct (+); Incorrect (-): Record alternate sound student says

Note. For the next assessments, decide if you want to present one list or present separate subtests with separate lists. If you complete one list, follow a decision rule to determine when you stop testing. Record for correct elements, record 4. LIST 1 CVC Words - Reading Words with Short Vowels Instruction: Read these words as quickly as you can If incorrect, record miscues (What child actually says) my Medial Vowel
-

Initial

Final -

Error Analysis (initial or final consonant, vowel, rime/ pattern, etc.) t short a, -at pattern (rime)

mat cut tab bed map rug top pet bib rot sip

Analysis (% correct/10 words)

5. List 2 CCVC and CVCC Words - Reading Words with Short Vowels In the right column, note whether the miscue is on specific blends (l, r, s) or diagraphs (ch, sh, th, wh). Note errors, patterns or difficulties with specific vowel sounds, diagraphs, or blends in the columns. Follow up with further assessment to confirm or disconfirm the problem areas. Instruction to student: Read these words as quickly as you can. correct (+) Incorrect: Record exact miscues (What
child actually says).

Initial blend

Medial Vowel

Final

Error Analysis (vowel, blend, diagraph, rime/ pattern, etc.)

drop flip club shed brag whip stab clog shrug thrush
Analysis: (% correct/`10 words)

6. List 3 - Reading CVCe Words and CCVCe Words (Blends and Diagraphs)

Instruction: Read these words as quickly and as accurately as you can. correct (+) Incorrect (-)
Record exact miscue
(What child actually says).

Beg

Medial - a_e - i_e - o_e - u_e

Final

Error Analysis (vowel, diagraph, blend, etc.); vowel pattern is CVCe (a_e; o_e; i_e; u_e)

fade cube tone lane wife hate joke pete mile tune chime drone shake slime frame
Summary/Analysis (% correct/15 words) Overall Performance

7. List 4 - Vowel Dipthongs (and Vowel Teams) Instruction:

- "Some vowels make their own special sounds. Read these

correct (+); Incorrect (-): Record miscues
(What child actually says).

words.

Vowel dipthongs count 36. foil 37. joy 38. pound 39. raw 40. spoon 41. shawl 42. coin 43. taunt

Beg

Medial (dipthong) -ou

Final cons nt (blend)

Error Analysis (vowel dipthong, etc.) -ou dipthong; nt final blend

cot

Summary/Analysis (% correct/8)

8. List 4 (continued) - Vowel Teams: CVVC Correct (+) Incorrect Vowel Medial (-): Record miscues

diagraphs

(What child actually says).

Beg

VV

Final l

Error Analysis (long vowel, blend, diagraph etc.) st blend, ea digraph; -eal

steal 44. dream 45. roam 46. paid 47. steal 48. bleach 49. moat 50. waist 51. stain

said

st-

ea

Summary/Analysis (% correct/8 words)

8. List 5 - r-controlled vowels correct (+) Incorrect (-): Record miscues

(What child actually says).

Beg

Medial -ar, -er, -ir-, or- ur -or

Error Analysis Final -or cont vowel

ton torn 52. garb 53. torn 54. shirt 55. herd 55. curt 57. stork Summary Analysis (% correct/6 words)

8. List 6 - Multi-Syllabic Words correct (+) Incorrect (-): Record miscues (What student actually says). Error Analysis (syllable pattern, vowel sounds, blend, etc.) Pattern Analysis

58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72.
73.

74. 75.
76.

77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86.
87.

88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

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VC/CV VC/CV V/CV VC/CV V/CV V/CV VC/CV VC/CV VC/CV V/CV VC/CV VC/CV V/CV VC/CV VC/CV V/CV VC/CV V/CV V/CV VC/CV VC/CV V/CV V/CV VC/CV V/CV V/CV VC/CV V/CV

96. possible

97. possible 98. insistent 99. fantastic 100.discomfort 101.intestine Summary/Analysis

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(Student Assessment Booklet) 1. Alphabet Letters and Sounds Recognition

B T G E S N C H W A Y K F

P V R D H Z I Q L X J N O

b t g e s n c h w a y k f

p v r d h z i q l x j n o

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sh ch
Short Vowel Sounds

th wh o e a

i u

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LIST 1: Short Vowel Sounds

(CVC; CCVC)

Read these words.

1. cut 2. tab 3. bed 4. map 5. rug 6. top 7. pet 8. bib 9. rot 10. sip

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LIST 2:

CCVC

Blends and Digraphs

Read these Words

11. drop 12. flip 13. club 14. shed 15. brag 16. whip 17. stab 18. clog 19. shrug 20. thrush

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LIST 3:

Final e - CVCe and CCVCe

Read this list of Words

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

fade cube tone lane wife hate joke pete mile tune chime drone shake slime frame

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LIST 4: Vowel Dipthong and Vowel Digraphs Words

Read this list of

36. foil 37. joy 38. pound 39. raw 40. spoon 41. shawl 42. coin 43. taunt 44. dream 45. roam 46. paid 47. steal 48. bleach 49. moat 50. 51. waist stain

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LIST 5:

r-controlled vowels

52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57.

garb torn shirt herd curt stork

58.

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LIST 6: Words

Multi-Syllabic Words

Read this list of

59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 80.
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81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.

bacon demon happen fever lilac pistol humid combination refreshment cucumber calculate customer containment porcupine adventure contentment possible insistent fantastic discomfort

101. intestine

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