Phonics Assessment
for K-3 Readers
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Finding out what your child or student
knows about phonics is quick and
simple with this phonics assessment!
Specific directions are on page two (2) of
this download.
Two Extra Notes:
I have found that it works best if you
wait 3-4 weeks in between assessing the
student on the same word list. This
keeps the assessment fresh and more
accurate.
This assessment is only a snap-shot of
the student’s abilities. Observation of
spelling and reading skills also needs to
be factored in to what the child knows
or does not know about phonics..
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Directions for Phonics Assessment
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at
eg
in
op
um
*Ahead of time, print and cut out each rime (-at, -eg, -in, op, and –um).
*Give the rimes to the student, one at a time. He manipulates
the rimes to make real and silly words by placing the rimes
to the right side of each onset (beginning letter). The student
page is p. 3 of this download.
*The student should read each word they make.
Say:
“Place the word ending beside each beginning letter to make
a real or silly word. Read each word that you make. Please
remember that some words will not be real words. Do not
try to make them sound like real words. Only read what you
see.”
***
For all other student pages, use a blank cover sheet to reveal
only the line of words that the student needs to read, as seen
below.
Say: “Do your best to read each word you see in this row. I
cannot tell you the word or give you any hints. Just do your
best.”
If a child gets 100% or only misses one in a row, write the
date completed in that phonics feature’s box. If a child
misses two or more words in a row, stop the test.
cover sheet
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Phonics Assessment
1. Onset and Rime
bat
beg
fat
feg
hat
heg
lat
leg
date completed
sat
seg
Student’s Name
__/5
__/5
date completed
7. CVCe
lame ripe
doze mute eve
bin
fin
hin
lin
sin
bop
fop
hop
lop
sop __/5
8. Vowel Digraphs
bum fum
hum
lum
sum __/5
meat gain soak reef paid
__/5
date completed
2. CVC Words
peg
jot
run
hip
cab __/5
date completed
tie
tray
__/5
date completed
9. More Vowels
sigh glue
flow __/5
halt foot lawn haul
suit
__/5
date completed
3. Blends
trot step
__/5
list
clap
jump __/5
10. Vowel Diphthongs
join
soy gown pout
date completed
boil
date completed
4. Digraphs
shop math chin thud neck __/5
5. Blends & Digraphs
11. Closed Syllables
__/5
date completed
magnet
campus
insect
__/3
contest
sudden
napkin
__/3
date completed
stump crash check print gloss __/5
12. Open Syllables
date completed
6. Bossy R
dart cork firm
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jerk
surf __/5
date completed
robot
pilot
basic
__/3
labor
fever
humid
__/3
Student Page 1
1.
rimes
b
s
h
l
f
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Student Page 2
2.
peg
jot
run
hip
cab
3.
trot step
list
clap jump
4.
shop math chin thud neck
5.
stump crash check print gloss
6.
dart cork firm jerk surf
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Student Page 3
7.
lame
ripe
doze
mute
eve
gain
soak
reef
paid
tie
tray
sigh
glue
flow
halt
foot
lawn
haul
suit
join
soy
gown
pout
boil
8.
meat
9.
10.
1 1.
magnet
contest
campus
sudden
insect
napkin
robot
labor
pilot
fever
basic
humid
12.
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