Blachowicz Informal Phonics Survey (Barr, 2000)
Test Items:
1. Naming upper and lower case letters. Circle those known when pointed
to.
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2. Sound values of isolated consonants. Point to each letter and ask the
child to tell you what sound “this letter makes: or give you a word that
starts with this letter. Circle those not known.
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3. Short vowel phonograms blended with initial consonants. Check to see
if the student knows the following simple sight word phonograms: up, it,
am, and on. (If they are not known, try to train the student to recognize
them, or choose phonograms the child does know.) Point to each item and
have the child pronounce it. If an item is mispronounced, write the
mispronunciation about it for later analysis.
mup zam tup sam con rit gam kon
dup vit hon quam bup pon wup jam
nit fup lam yup
4. Consonant blends plus short vowel phonograms. This and all subsequent
tests follow the same procedure as test 3. Have the child pronounce each
item, and write in any mispronounced words.
brup scon plit skam slup twit dron
gram swis spup fron blit snam glup
clam trit flon smam slup cron prit glup
5. Consonant digraphs plus short vowel phonograms.
chup shon thup whit pham shup whon chon thon
6. Vowel-Consonant-Silent e plus initial consonant.
dake mime fole tule mede tate fope dute dite sede
7. Long vowel digraphs.
leat mied boad tay ley moe teef buel moes lail
bie toat meep tay lue bain leam
8. R-controlled vowels.
mer tir hur dir fer dar mor tur sar dor bur
9. Ending-blend phonograms.
selt mext basp mick dunch mulk tand
goft sunch mimp kent munk jung dulf
baft dilk nolt satch fodge hink disp
folt namp dist gelf mond bant ting
dast holf fask rept felp nold bent
10. Ending-digraph phonograms.
tath fash nich baph dith sosh tach ruph
11. Alternate sounds of c and g.
gap gity cot came gend cend git cim
12. Three-letter blends.
splan chrin thrup schon strat scrup
squit spron chris thrat scris spron
strup splup squis schan shrat
13. Diphthongs.
dow doy dound doint doy doud
doil fown
14. Silent Letters.
talf tamb demn falm knop wrid gnap
knop ghat word gnom phot pnip psin
15. Multisyllabic words. Show division in responses with slash marks.
buffle hotrat rewant sunting fendle inserg
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Student Copy
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mup zam tup sam con rit gam kon
dup vit hon quam bup pon wup jam
nit fup lam yup
brup scon plit skam slup twit dron
gram swis spup fron blit snam glup
clam trit flon smam slup cron prit glup
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chup shon thup whit pham shup whon chon thon
dake mime fole tule mede tate fope dute dite sede
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leat mied boad tay ley moe teef buel moes lail
bie toat meep tay lue bain leam
mer tir hur dir fer dar mor tur sar dor bur
selt mext basp mick dunch mulk tand
goft sunch mimp kent munk jung dulf
baft dilk nolt satch fodge hink disp
folt namp dist gelf mond bant ting
dast holf fask rept felp nold bent
tath fash nich baph dith sosh tach ruph
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gap gity cot came gend cend git cim
splan chrin thrup schon strat scrup
squit spron chris thrat scris spron
strup splup squis schan shrat
dow doy dound doint doy doud
doil fown
talf tamb demn falm knop wrid gnap
knop ghat word gnom phot pnip psin
buffle hotrat rewant sunting fendle inserg
unpottle rembat rebark bullingable minkfall refizwissing
wenkerfil mendle submarkable raction bunded madsion