This phonics assessment can help you, as the teacher, to quickly find the phonics skills your learner needs to work on. Note: This is a subscriber freebie.
Please note that this phonics assessment is developmentally appropriate for kids Kindergarten through third grade. If you need a phonics assessment for older learners, be sure to grab my Upper Grade Phonics Assessment, too.
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Phonics Assessment {for K-3rd Grades}
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Phonics. It’s such a hot topic in the literacy world. And for good reason. Kids need to have a good grasp on phonics to help them read and spelling thousands of words. This assessment can help you know what your learners know or don’t know about phonics.
This phonics assessment has teacher recording sheets and five student assessment pages with words, based on seventeen {17} phonics patterns. Also included is a page that clearly explains how to administer and use the assessment to guide your instruction.
The skills included in this phonics assessment are:
- Uppercase Letter Names
- Lowercase Letter Names
- Letter Sounds – consonants and vowels
- Blending Onset and Vowel – examples include ha_, ca_, na_
- CVC Words – examples include hat, pag, bup*
- Short Vowel Words with Digraphs – examples include chin, bath, chud*
- Short Vowel Words with Beginning Clusters – examples include step, plum, snat*
- Short Vowel Words with Ending Clusters – examples include list, pant, selp*
- Words with Welded or Glued Sounds – examples include song, rink, fing*
- Short Vowel Words with Digraphs and Clusters – examples include stump, swish, thunt*
- CVCe Words – examples include doze, fame, cobe*
- R-Influenced Words – examples include herd, yarn, curn*
- Words with Common Long Vowel Teams – examples include meat, soak, veet*
- Words with Less Common Long Vowel Teams – examples include flow, tray, snew*
- Words with Other Vowel Teams & Diphthongs – examples include point, haul, voink*
- Closed Syllable Words – examples include magnet, attic, votten*
- Open Syllable Words – examples include bison, robot, potem*
*The words with asterisks beside them are nonsense {or silly} words. They are included to better help you see the strategies your learners are using to decode words. You can read more about Using Nonsense Words with Readers.
To administer this assessments, learners should use a folder or piece of paper to cover the words so they are only reading one line at a time. This lowers confusion and overwhelm by seeing too much on the page at one time and keeps their eyes on the words they need to read.
You’ll only need to print the student pages once. Laminate them or slip them into plastic sleeve protectors so you can use them over and over again.
As kids read the words, you can use your recording sheet to record the students’ correct and incorrect answers as well as date it when they have mastered it. I recommend using a different color pen each date you assess so it’s easy to spot when learners have mastered the skills.
You will need to print one of these for each learner. I recommend printing front to back to save paper!
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Enjoy assessing!
~Becky
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Looks like a quick and easy tool to supplement what I’ve got. Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Hello! I found your blog through pinterest and I’m so glad I did! I’m going to print these out and use them for my 2nd grader tomorrow who seems to be struggling slightly with phonics. Thank you so much for these! I noticed you had a group pin board for homeschooling bloggers. I would love to be a contributor if you are looking for more? You can email me at chaoticblisshomeschooling.com if you are! Thank you again!
oh my.. I meant to say chaoticblisshomeschooling@gmail.com was my email. Can you tell I’m exhausted and totally brain fried tonight? ha!
THANK you. Another great resource from you – thanks for your blog. I appreciate your contribution to the world of education 🙂
You are very welcome! 🙂
So after you give the assessment do I just start reviewing rules for the words that they failed and then move onto the next group of words and rules?
For the most part, yes. I have lots of activities and freebies for each of the phonics skills in this post –> https://thisreadingmama.com/ultimate-list-free-phonics-activities/
Thank you! This is a great resource.
Are there different resources or bundles that have this phonics assessment sheet on there? I really like the layout and interested in more sheets like this.
I don’t have any other ones like this. What other kinds of sheets and skills would you want put on an assessment sheet?
I’m not clear on how to score the Onset and Rime activity. Do they make their words multiple times? I see 5 rows on the scoring sheet so I’m just not clear on that. Thanks.
They take the rime {-at, for example} and place it beside each onset, saying, “bat, sat, hat, lat, etc.” You check the box if the child is able to read the word {really or silly} correctly. Does that make sense?
Thank you for this resource. This is exactly what I needed for my second grader. He is definitely struggling with phonics and this will help me pin point just where to begin helping him.
You’re welcome. I hope it will help you target the skills he needs.
This is amazing! Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! 🙂
This is a wonderful resource. I have used it throughout the year! It’s so concise and kid-friendly. THANK YOU!
Glad you can use it! 🙂
It is not allowing me to print the assessment. Each time I do it asks me to fill in my name and email which I do then it doesn’t allow me to print it
If I had your email, I could email you what you need. 🙂
Hi, I don’t see this in your Freebie’s anymore. Am I just missing it or is it gone? Thanks!
They are still here. All my freebies can be found here: https://thisreadingmama.com/free-printables-learning-activities/
This is such a fantastic resource! FREE phonics assessments for K-3rd grades can really make a difference in helping teachers identify areas where students need support. Thank you for sharing this valuable information!