Phonological/Phonemic Awareness Assessment

Name:__________________________

Date:______________

Rhyming Assessment
Begin by asking the student Do you know what rhyming words are? If the child says yes
ask them to tell you two rhyming words. If they answer no or incorrectly then explain:
Rhyming words are words that end with the same sound. For example, the words cat
and mat rhyme. Im going to say two words. I want you to tell me yes if you think they
do rhyme and no if they dont.
Lets practice one:

sun

fun

Directions: Say each word pair listed below. Circle the students response.

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Word Pair
bag
hen
foot
rat
pig

bun
pen
bam
sat
wig

Child's Response
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

Identifying Initial Sounds

Begin by saying:
Sometimes words start with the same sound, like in the words: fat and fun. Both of these
words start with the sound /f/. Im going to say two different words, I want you to tell me
if the words start with the same sound.
Lets try one: Do the words bag and boat start with the same sound?
Directions: Say each word pair listed below. Circle the students response.

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Word Pair
hat
pen
bake
cut
mop

come
pig
stem
cap
man

Child's Response
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

Blending Words
Begin by saying:
Lets play Guess My Word. Im going to say a word but Im going to say it slowly. I
want you to see if you can guess the word Im trying to say. For example, can you guess
this word? /s/ /at/
Directions: Say each sound pair listed below. Indicate whether the student answered correctly
or incorrectly. The correct answer is in parentheses next to the sound pair.

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Sound pair
/c/
/ap/
/r/
/un/
/j/
/ump/
/p/
/ig/

Correct answer
(cap)
(run)
(jump)
(pig)

Child's response
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect

5.

/b/

(ball)

correct

/all/

incorrect

Phoneme Segmentation
Begin by saying:
Now lets try something different. Lets play another word game. Im going to tell you
a word. I want you to stretch that word, like you do a rubber band, into the different
sounds heard in the word. Lets do a practice one. If I said the word cat, you would
say /c/ /a/ /t/." Lets try another:
Directions: Say each word listed below. Indicate whether the student answered correctly or
incorrectly. The correct answer is in parentheses next to each word.

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Word
pig
at
bag
sun
pop

Correct answer
(/p/ /i/ /g/)
(/a/ /t/)
(/b/ /a/ /g/)
(/s/ /u/ /n/)
(/p/ /o/ /p/)

Child's response
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect

Phoneme Manipulation
Begin by saying:
Lets play another word game. Im going to tell you a word. I want you to say the word
with the /m/ sound at the beginning. Lets do a practice one. If I said the word bat,
you would say mat. Lets try another:
Directions: Say each word listed below. Indicate whether the student answered correctly or
incorrectly. The correct answer is in parentheses next to each word.

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Word
ran
rap
pop
pen
rat

Correct answer
(man)
(map)
(mop)
(men)
(mat)

Child's response
correct
correct
correct
correct
correct

incorrect
incorrect
incorrect
incorrect
incorrect

Phoneme Deletion
Begin by saying:
Lets play another word game. Im going to tell you a word. I want you to say the word
without the first sound.. Lets do a practice one. If I said the word fan, you would say
an." Lets try another:
Directions: Say each word listed below. Indicate whether the student answered correctly or
incorrectly. The correct answer is in parentheses next to each word.

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Word
win
hand
pup
tape
rake

Correct answer
(in)
(and)
(up)
(ape)
(ake)

Child's response
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect
correct
incorrect