Phonics Assessment

This resource was created in order to help Speech Language Pathologists target initial phonemes at the word level. This resource includes a total of 40 pictured initial /h/ CV and CVC words to use the h-insertion trick during speech therapy sessions.

The h-insertion trick can be an extremely helpful strategy to use when children are stuck at the isolation level of a sound. By producing /h/ after the initial sound, the child continues their air flow, making it easier to produce the following vowel. This helps them to eliminate the prior habit of producing the incorrect sound.

*Can be paired with all initial sounds!*

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Included in this resource:

• 40 CV + CVC Initial-H Word Task Cards/Visuals
• 1-page complete wordlist for each initial sound
• Consonant letter cards for visual cues

H-Insertion can help target the following:

• Phonological Processes: prevocalic voicing, gliding, backing, fronting, stopping, deaffrication, labialization, denasalization, excessive nasal emissions, initial consonant deletion
• Motor planning and sound transitions for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Sound production for children with Dysarthria or weak articulatory musculature
• Myofunctional disorders including frontal lisp, lateral lisp, limited lip rounding
• Articulation disorders to target initial /b/, initial /k/, initial /d/, initial /f/, initial /g/, initial "j", initial /l/, initial /m/, initial /n/, initial /p/, initial /r/, initial /s/, initial /t/, initial /v/, initial /w/, initial "y", initial /z/

Used in Mixed Groups!

Vocabulary: State meaning of words, along with synonyms and antonyms.

Wh- questions: Ask who, what, where, when, why questions about each word.

Sentence production: Elicit full sentences containing each elicited word.

** Perfect resource for Speech Therapy Observation**

Looking for a fun and effective way to improve handwriting with longer sentences? Our 26 Letters Handwriting Practice Worksheet is perfect for students learning to write. Each letter features an engaging yet not exceeded 30-word story to help learners practice forming letters correctly while enjoying a fun narrative. Ideal for young writers who need more than just single-letter exercises, this worksheet provides a comprehensive and enjoyable approach to handwriting development. Perfect for classroom or home use, it ensures that each letter practice session is both educational and entertaining.

what is included:

26 pages (A-Z) handwriting practice with longer sentences.

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Students love Kwame Alexander's verse novel The Crossover, and I love the rigor of these power worksheets! His novel is organized into sections just like a basketball game including:

• Warm-up
• Download the First quarter here
• Second quarter
• Third quarter
• Fourth quarter
• Overtime

This resource covers all of the poems in the Warm Up section; with each poem accompanying at least one page of guided practice with middle school ELA standards including:

• Vocabulary and dictionary practice
• Inferencing
• Identifying figurative language 
• Making text-to-self connections

Did you know The Crossover is coming to Disney+? The novel is set to release a miniseries in 2023! If your class loves this text, check out my other resources:

• The Crossover Warm Up Standard Aligned handout for each poem! PDF & PPT (TeachShare.com)
• The Crossover First Quarter Standard Aligned handout for each poem! PDF & PPT (TeachShare.com)
• The Crossover Basketball Rules Motivational and Plot Posters PNG/PDF (TeachShare.com)

These NO PREP, easy to read decoding cards are ideal for the K-2 classroom in French immersion, Core French, or Modern Language setting. Aligns perfectly with the Science of Reading and can supplement any reading program.

These cards are great for making a quick learning centre, a great way to check reading fluency on the fly, or to do a deep dive with those that need the one-on-one attention.

What to do:

I make 4 copies of a few cards for centre activities, a few sets for a clear folder binder for ‘shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee partner reading, and a set of cards for a quick quiet reading session if we are getting too silly in class.

Science of Reading:

These cards aligned with sounds being taught in any Science of Reading aligned curriculum. They are set up for student success based on the research for increasing reading fluency and building student confidence in the classroom!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple texts to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Texts are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

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5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
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On the following pages are flash cards for all of the sight words used in this worksheet.

For ease of use, they are presented in the order of introduction in the worksheet. Laminating the cards would also help make them durable. Punching a hole in each card and keeping them on a ring for each child is also a good way to keep the cards organized and easy to use.

There are many ways to use these cards. Listed below are some games and activities to help children learn to recognize the sight words:

• Sort the cards by sight words with the same beginning letter

• Find sight words that rhyme, and write other words that rhyme with the sight words on a dry erase board or separate sheet of paper.

• Sort the cards to make pairs of sight words that begin with the same letter. Play the “Memory” game using these words—players don’t get to keep the pair unless they can read both words. As an extension of this, also have players use the words in sentences.

• Use a timer to see how quickly each sight word is recognized. Begin with a small number of cards. Add more cards once increased speed and confidence is achieved.

• Put the sight words in alphabetical order.

• Come up with another word that begins with the same sound as each

sight word.

If your class enjoyed this First Grade Sight Word Flash Card | Fry Instant Sight Word List then have a look at some more resources to :

Sight Word Scrambled Sentences | First Grade Sight Word Activities

Sight Word Cloze Sentences | First Grade High Frequency Words

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---- 20 CVC Practice Worksheets (4 Worksheets for each short vowel: A, E, I, O, U)

This resource includes 20 short vowel CVC worksheets where students match the CVC word to the appropriate picture.

There are four worksheets for each short vowel (a,e,i,o,u), totaling 20 practice worksheets. Each worksheet contains 6 CVC words in which students:

1. Read/Sound out the CVC word

2. Write the CVC word on the writing line

3. Circle the picture that matches the CVC word

4. Color the picture that matches the CVC word

This resource provides multiple fun opportunities for students to learn and practice CVC words!

Other CVC Words resources you might be interested in:

CVC Picture Word Sound Box Worksheets (24 Worksheets only, with and without Word Boxes)

CVC Differentiated Worksheets - Missing Letters (96 pages)

CVC Worksheets (Short Vowel Sounds - Say, Read, and Write It)

CVC Mix-Up Differentiated Worksheets

CVC Interactive Activities

CVC Picture/Word TASK CARDS (512 CARDS!!)

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Hi Friends! This is a BUNDLE of my Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions! These resources are perfect for first graders and emerging readers working on decoding and understanding text. Each passage focuses on specific phonics skills aligned with the Science of Reading, making it an excellent tool for reinforcing foundational reading skills.

Every passage includes comprehension questions to encourage students to find answers directly in the text. These are perfect for small groups, reading centers, independent practice, or homework!

What’s Currently Included?

- L Blends Reading Comprehension Passages

- Digraphs ch/tch Decodable Reading Passages

- S Blends Decodable Passages

- R Blends Passages

- Sh and Th Digraph Passages

- Ng and Nk Digraph Passages

Why You’ll Love This Bundle:

- Targets key phonics skills with decodable passages

- Includes text-based comprehension questions for extra practice

- Aligned with best practices in phonics and reading instruction

Perfect For:

- Reading Centers

- Small Group Instruction

- Homework Practice

- Intervention Programs

These passages are designed to support readers in developing decoding, fluency, and comprehension. They include targeted skills like blends, digraphs, comprehension, and text evidence, ensuring students get plenty of meaningful practice.

If this sounds like something your students will love, grab the bundle today and start using the included resources immediately! Don’t forget to leave feedback—it helps others and earns you TeachShare credits for future purchases.

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More Phonics Resources You'll Love: Blends and Digraphs Phonics Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions – A growing bundle of passages focusing on blends and digraphs to reinforce foundational reading skills.

S Blends Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions – Engaging stories to master S blends while building fluency and comprehension.

L Blends Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions – Help students decode L blends with fun, interactive passages.

Digraphs ch/tch Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions – Focus on "ch" and "tch" sounds with comprehension-focused activities.

Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 1st Grade & Fluency Practice Bundle – A comprehensive bundle for monthly and holiday-themed reading practice.

These worksheets are for students to use to prepare for tests like DIBELS and other Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) assessments. They provide targeted practice to help students improve their phonemic awareness skills through simple and effective exercises.

What's included:

• 5 worksheets with 30 words each for phoneme segmentation practice
• A variety of words to enhance phonemic segmentation skills
• Ideal for practice in small groups, one-on-one, or independent sessions

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These stories each focus on a different vowel to encourage long and short vowel sounds identification and differentiation. The stories also allow students the opportunity to practice sequencing the events in the story after they've read it.

Spelling or Decoding Progress Monitoring, and Data Collection in Google Sheets™

LONG VOWEL SPELLINGS:

• SILENT-E (CVCe)
• VOWEL DIGRAPHS, VOWEL TEAMS (CVVC)
• R-CONTROLLED VOWEL WORDS
• LONG VOWEL PATTERNS
• LONG VOWEL PATTERNS WITH R-CONTROLLED WORDS

Do you need curriculum-based assessments to progress monitor your student’s ability to encode or decode words with long vowels and a variety of other spelling patterns?

Do you have decoding goals that measure the percentage of words a student is able to spell or read?

These spelling or decoding progress monitoring tools are an easy and efficient way to track and analyze your student's ability to encode or decode and collect data on IEP goals!

These products include assessment and progress monitoring tools for words with a variety of long vowel spellings in Google Sheets™. You will have everything you need to monitor, track, and analyze your student's ability to apply encoding or decoding skills to these words.

Each workbook contains forty probes with ten words per probe! Enough to progress monitor weekly for the entire school year!

How they work:

Type the student response (either oral or written) to AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATE correct responses and ACCURACY. All data is copied to the student data sheet and correct items are GRAPHED!

Please see the DIRECTIONS included in the preview for a full explanation of the process.

This is an all-in-one product! Student probes, including scaffolded student recording sheets, are generated from the assessor probes for a guaranteed match! Print or save student probes as a PDF.

Sample IEP Goal:

When given a list of ten words with long vowel spelling patterns, the student will spell/encode the words with 80% accuracy.

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Dictation is a no-prep phonics practice that helps students practice words within a specific phonics pattern.

This can be used 3 or 5 days a week depending on your classes' needs and time availability.

It is best used as a guided practice but can be used as quick practice, assessment, or review.

So, if you are a teacher tired of laboring over teaching phonics patterns that are forgotten by the next week and are hardly ever applied to their writing, give Dictation a try.

Included in this resource:

⭐6 different recording sheets in full (great to laminate or put in a page protect to reuse) and half sheets (for one-time uses)

⭐3- and 5-day plans with; letter sounds, review words, new phonics patterns, easy word phrases/ sentences, and longer sentences.

⭐Editable option to create what works best for your class and phonics sequence.

Other resources:

⭐ Short e Word Sorts

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⭐ Short e Mega Phonics Bundle

Welcome to the Mega Massive Grade 6 Bundle—your ultimate resource for an entire year's worth of curriculum! This extraordinary bundle includes 131 documents and a staggering 4,000+ pages of content, covering every aspect of Grade 6 Math, French Language Arts, Science, "Transdisciplinary" Units, Cross-Curricular Units, and Project-Based Learning.

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A complete and differentiated phonics and grammar curriculum geared toward 1st-3rd grade!

Here's a breakdown of the curriculum:

Phonics:

• Weeks 1-33: Spelling Based on Phonics Sounds

  • Each week focuses on a specific phonics sound. The scope and sequence of the phonics sounds being taught are sequential and build on prior knowledge. Students engage in spelling activities related to the chosen sound.

• Four Weekly Phonics Work

  • Students have four different phonics exercises each week. These exercises are designed to reinforce the targeted phonics sound.

• Three Differentiated Spelling Groups

  • Groups are categorized as Sun (below grade level), Clouds (at grade level), and Moons (above grade level). Each group corresponds to a different level of difficulty. This allows for tailored instruction to meet individual student needs.

Grammar:

• Weeks 1-33: Grammar Based on Common Core Standards

  • Each week focuses on a specific grammar concept aligned with Common Core standards for 1st to 3rd grade.

• Four Daily Edits

  • Students work on four different daily editing exercises. These exercises are tied to the weekly grammar focus.

• Spiraling of Previously Taught Grammar Standards

  • Regular review and reinforcement of previously taught grammar concepts. This ensures a cumulative understanding of grammar throughout the school year.

Overall Structure:

• This curriculum spans a full school year, providing a systematic approach to phonics and grammar instruction.
• Differentiation is a key element, with three levels of spelling groups and tailored grammar activities. This helps address the diverse needs of students.
• The curriculum aligns with Common Core standards, ensuring that students are exposed to and master grade-appropriate language skills.

Suggestions for Implementation:

1. Regular Assessments: Include regular assessments to gauge student progress and adjust instruction accordingly. Spelling lists are included and it is suggested a weekly spelling assessment given to gauge understanding of the phonics skill.
2. Parental Involvement: Communicate the curriculum objectives to parents and encourage their involvement in supporting their child's learning at home.

By incorporating these elements, your phonics and grammar curriculum can provide a robust and engaging learning experience for 1st to 3rd-grade students.

Letter Assessment for use with the Launchpad Curriculum by Really Great Reading. Units 15-21

Use this letter assessment to send assess your students on their letter sound knowledge along with Upper and Lowercase Letter Recognition.

It comes with 7 Recording sheets to use for your data.

Unit 15-16: Letter Sound Assessment, Uppercase Letter Recognition, and Lowercase letter Recognition

Unit 17-18: Letter Sound Assessment, Uppercase Letter Recognition, and Lowercase letter Recognition

Unit 19-21: Letter Sound Assessment, Uppercase Letter Recognition, and Lowercase letter Recognition

Diagraph? What? will help young learners to identify diagraphs and read in a simple way. This pdf file contains 24 diagraph sounds.

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The 9 Jobs of Silent E with Posters, Picture Sort and Assessment

Helps answer the question "Why do so many words end with e?" This jobs of silent e resource explains it! Use the posters as anchor charts in your room to teach each job of silent e. Use the 9 Jobs of Silent E picture sort to reinforce the posters and the worksheet can be used as an assessment! The 9 Jobs of Silent E has cute graphics and easy to understand posters make this a truly valuable resource!

Jobs include:

1- make vowels say their name

2- keep words from ending with u or v

3- make c and g say their soft sound

4- make sure every syllable has a vowel (+cle)

5- no job

6- make th say its voiced sound

7- show the word isn't a plural

8- clarify the word

9- make short words look longer

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling with vowel teams.

My product includes:

• Real and nonsense vowel team words
• Spelling with vowel teams.
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

Students use this double-sided, half sheet to record their words and sentences during literacy stations. This provides great information and formative assessment for teachers. This also holds students accountable for their independent work.

See the video below for the recording sheet in action!

Station Recording Sheet Video

This is a NO PREP, print and go resource that is perfect for CVC writing practice. Students use the picture to write a sentence using short i CVC words, 9 pages of awesome practice for your students!

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Short A CVC words:

-ab: tab, gab, dab, lab, cab

-ad: bad, dad, mad, pad, sad

-ag: bag, rag, tag, wag

-am: ham, jam, ram, yam

-an: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van

-ap: cap, map, nap, tap

-at: bat, cat, hat, mat, pat, sat

-ax: wax

Short E CVC words:

-eb: web

-ed: bed, fed, led, red, wed

-eg: leg, peg

-em: hem

-en: den, hen, men, pen, ten

-et: get, get, met, net, pet, vet

Short I CVC Words:

-ib: bib, rib

-id: lid

-ig: big, dig, wig, fig, pig

-im: him, rim

-in: bin, fin, pin, tin, win

-ip: dip, zip, lip, rip, tip

-it: sit, pit, hit, bit, kit

-ix: fix, mix, six

Short O CVC words:

-ob: cob

-od: pod, rod

-og: dog, jog, log, fod

-op: cop, hop, mop, pop, top

-om: mom

-ot: cot, dot, hot, pot, rot

-ox: box, fox

Short U CVC words:

-ub: cub, sub, tub

-ug: bug, hug, jug, mug, rug

-um: sum, gum

-un: bun, fun, nun, run, sun

-up: cup

-us: bus

-ut: cut, nut, hut

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Keywords: no prep, cvc, writing, reading, differentiated, ELAR, kindergarten, first grade, consonant vowel consonant, sight words, heart words, high frequency words, kindergarten writing, sentence stems.

Are you looking for assessment sheets that align with the scope and sequence of UFLI for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade? This UFLI inspired supplemental resource includes weekly spelling assessment templates for lessons 5-127. No need to spend time creating assessments as these are perfect to print and go with little prep time.

What's included:

• UFLI inspired scope and sequence to follow.
• Incorporates supplemental materials for lessons 5-127.
• Blank assessments for more teaching freedom.
• Two lessons per assessment template to match the pacing of the UFLI manual.
• Kid friendly clipart visuals for a more engaging product.
• Positive affirmations on each assessment page.

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