EARLY GRADE READING ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT

ENGLISH

Student Name: _____________________________________ Grade and Section: _________________________________

Name of Teacher: __________________________________ Name of School: __________________________________

Time Started: _______ AM/ PM

Component 1: Orientation to Print

Show the child a decodable book.

This is a story book with pictures. Don’t read it now. On this page, point to me where would you begin to read?

(Child puts finger on the top row; left-most word) ___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

Now point to me what words you would read next

(Child moves finger from left to right) ___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

When you get to the end of the line, where would you read next?

(Child moves finger to left-most word of the second line) ___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

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COMPONENT 2: Letter Name Knowledge

Example: A v L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
L i h R S y E O n T (10)
i e T D A t a d e w (20)
h O e m U r L G R U (30)
g R B E i f m t s r (40)
S T C N p A F c a E (50)
Y s Q A M C O t n P (60)
E A e s O F h U A t (70)
R q H b s i g m i L (80)
L i N O e o E r p X (90)
N a c D d i o j e n (100)

COMPONENT 3a: Letter Sound Knowledge

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Example: A v L

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
L i h R S y E O n T (10)
i e T D A t a d e w (20)
h O e m U r L G R U (30)
g R B E i f m t s r (40)
S T C N p A F c a E (50)
Y s Q A M C O t n P (60)
E A e s O F h U A t (70)
R q H b s i g m i L (80)
L i N O e o E r p X (90)
N a c D d i o j e n (100)

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Component 3b: Initial Sound Identification
What is the first sound in “ ________ “ ? “ _________” (Read the word twice)

1. map /mmm/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

2. say /ssssss/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

3. up /uh/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

4. go /g’/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

5. now /nnnnn/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

6. can /k’/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

7. fish /ffffffffff/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

8. pot /p’/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

9. run /rrrrrrrr/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

10. look /llllllllll/ oCorrect oIncorrect o No Response

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Component 4: Familiar Word Reading

Example: cat sick made

go at up sit me [5]
big two run see red [10]
sad and stop you are [15]
man ask when now him [20]
sing soon like they good [25]
girl help down know under [30]
jump want chair fly going [35]
must green play those once [40]
many which upon find clean [45]
please always come thank house [50]

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Component 5: Invented Word Decoding

Example: ut dif mab

fut lus dit leb gak [5]
huz jod kib lek tob [10]
nom rop hig reg san [15]
tup ral wix nep nad [20]
lut yod sim tat sig [25]
en mon nup sen kad [30]
taw lew paf sal zuv [35]
ved kag vom riz gof [40]
maz kol ver et beb [45]
tib lef yag lim dov [50]

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Component 6a: Oral Passage Reading

6
Good morning. My name is Pat.
16
I am seven years old. My brother’s name is Sam.
26
He is five years old. I also have a sister.
35
Her name is Ana. We live in the Philippines.
45
We like to read stories. My father is a farmer.
61
We go to town together every Saturday.
60
My mother sells fruits at the market in town.

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COMPONENT 6b: Oral Passage Reading and Comprehension

Now, I am going to ask you a few questions about the story you just read. Try to answer the questions as well as you can
Correct Incorrect No Response

What is the name of Pat’s bother?

(Sam)
How many children are in Pat’s family?
(Three)
Where does Pat live?
(Philippines)
What do Pat, Sam and Ana like to do?
(To read or to read stories)

How often do the children go to town?

(Once a week or every Saturday or Saturday)

Where does Pat’s mother sell fruits?

(At the market or in town)

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 What is a chick? Young chicken o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

Who fell in the river last? Frog o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

What did the chick see that saved them from Log o Correct o Incorrect o No Response
drowning?

How did the frog and the chick get out of Climbed on the o Correct o Incorrect o No Response
log
the river?

Why do you think the frog and the chick are Tried to help; o Correct o Incorrect o No Response
helped each
friends? other

I am going to read to you a short sentence. Please listen carefully then write the sentence on the sheet of
paper below. I will read the whole sentence once. Then I will read it in parts so you can write what you hear. I
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 will then read it again so that you can check your work. Do you understand? Go to the store and
buy some rice and sugar.
COMPONENT 8: Dictation

Grade 1
Go (wait 5 seconds)

to (wait 5 seconds)

the (wait 5 seconds)

store (wait 5 seconds)

and (wait 5 seconds)

buy (wait 5 seconds)

some (wait 5 seconds)

rice (wait 5 seconds)

Grade 1 pupils mustandwrite the sentence below correctly on

(wait 5 seconds)

sugar (wait 5 seconds)

the spaces provided.Go to the store and buy some rice and sugar.
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(wait 15 seconds)
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