Phonological Awareness Assessment & Progress Monitoring

PhonologicalAwarenessAssessment &ProgressMonitoringCreated byGeorgia Peach that loves to gia-Peach-That-Loves-To-TeachCreated by Georgia’s Third grade Pirate Cove

I believe that it is every teacher’s ultimate desire to instilla love of learning in his/her students. One way that studentsbecome life-long learners is to become life-long readers!Therefore, in essence, learning to read may be the mostimportant thing for a child to learn.Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize thatwords are made up of a variety of sound units. As a child developsphonological awareness she not only comes to understand thatwords are made up of small sound units called phonemes, but thatthese phonemes can be segmented into larger sound parts knownas syllables. Phonological awareness is the basis for phonicswhich is the understanding that sounds and letters in print areconnected, and that when put together that is the act of reading.This assessment can be used to assess early readers’ abilityto hear individual sounds (phonemes) in words as well as to assesswhether an emergent reader can manipulate sounds withinwords. I administer this assessment at three differentcheckpoints in the year as a way to gauge whether my studentswere “getting it” or not. It gives me an idea of where my students’weaknesses lie, and helps me plan for effective instruction.Things to consider:1. It is very important to make sure that you are in arelatively quiet area (funny, I know ) so that your studentcan hear you well, and you can hear her.2. I use a different color for each administration so that I caneasily track growth.3. There are exactly 100 items on this assessment for easyscoring as far as a % goes.4. I typically put a check mark next to the items that arecorrect and leave incorrect answers blank. If I notice apattern in the incorrect answers I will often jot notes tomyself to aide in planning instruction.5. When I re-administer the test the next time I simply startwith the ones that were leftblankpreviously.Createdby Georgia’sThird grade Pirate Cove

Name: Teacher:Phonological Awareness InventoryPhoneme blending:I am going to segment some words into their individual sounds. I want youto blend the word for me. (Ex. I’ll say /c/-/a/-/t/ and you’ll say cat.)corn meat bean nut fish souptoast plum bread beach wish churchPhoneme segmentation:Now I am going to say the word and I want you to say it in parts. (Ex.I’ll say dog and you’ll say /d/-/o/-/g/)jet ship boatcabbikesubplane trainskatenestPhoneme Manipulation:Now we are going to play some games with words.Add /s/ to the end of tap. What word does that make?Add /ing/ to the end of jump. What word does that make?If I take the /s/ off of sand, what word do I have?If I take the /d/ off of brand, what word do I have?Change the /b/ in bag to a /r/. What word does it make?Change the /m/ in mop to a /h/. What word does it make?Rhyme and alliteration:I am going to say a pair of words. I want you to tell me if they arerhyming words.skate, gate nest, jump hand, hook bell, well tent, hornham, jar goat, shoepie, tie ring, wing shell, bell GeorgiaPeachthatlovestoteach2013Createdby Georgia’s Third grade Pirate Cove

I am going to say a word and I want you to name a word that rhymeswith the word that I said.hattopsadmanbuscupjeephomehotclownI am going to say three words. I want you to tell me the 2 words thatbegin with the same sound.dog, ball, boytrain, truck, cargirl, goat, caryoung, jump, yousoup, rice, syrupbridge, brag, bikeNow I am going to say three words, and I want you to tell me the 2words that end with the same sound.cat, pan, sit bag, bed, madhop, sip, notman, cup, winRead these sentences:1. The cat is funny and little.2. The dog is here with me.3. I will play with you and the little puppy.4. Jump on the funny bike and gofor a ride.5. Can you run down here?6. Who wants to work with me?Notes:Fall (red)date/# correct / (100)Winter (blue)date/# correct / (100)Spring (black)date/# correct / (100)Created by Georgia’s Third grade Pirate Cove GeorgiaPeachthatlovestoteach2013

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as syllables. Phonological awareness is the basis for phonics which is the understanding that sounds and letters in print are connected, and that when put together that is the act of reading. This assessment can be used to assess early readers’ ability to hear individual sounds (phonemes) in words as well as to assess