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Kindergarten Reading Foundational Skills Assessment

The following test will be given orally to Kindergarten students who have been taught reading foundational skills. The data taken from
the test is meant to give insight to where students are on the progression of phonologically awareness. The teacher will read aloud
each section, giving students adequate time to answer each question.

Multiple ChoiceFor this section, the teacher will read questions aloud to students. Students will then write the best answer for
the question by writing either A,B, or C in the blank beside each number. This section is worth 48 points.
1.

Which of the following words rhymes with fan?

a. cat
b. can
c. pen

2.

Which of the following words rhymes with lip?

a. zip
b. fish
c. cap

3.

Which of the following words rhymes with run?

a. cut
b. hen
c. sun

4.

How many syllables do you hear in the word monkey?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3

5.

How many syllables do you hear in the word bus?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3

6.

How many syllables do you hear in the word elephant?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3

7.

Which of the following is a real word?

a. pig
b. pon
c. pag

8.

Which of the following is a real word?

a. rin

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b. ran
c. rup
9.

Which of the following is a real word?

a. set
b. sut
c. sug

10.

Look at the picture and find the word.

a. beg
b. bug
c. big
11.

Look at the picture and find the word.

a. mod
b. mud
c. mub
12.

Look at the picture and find the word.

a. jam
b. ram
c. bam

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Matching Questions This section is worth 20 points.

For this section, the teacher will say the name of each picture. Students will identify the middle vowel sound of
each picture, then match the picture to the vowel by writing the correct number in the blank beside the vowel.
13.

______A

14.

______E

1.

15.

______I

2.

16.

______O

3.

17.

______U

4.
5.
6.

True or False Questions This section is worth 12 points.

For this section, the teacher will read aloud the following questions. Students will circle either the T for true, or
the F for false based on each pictures beginning sound.

18. T or F

begins with /b/.

19. T or F

begins with /h/.

20. T or F

begins with /m/.

Fill-in-the-blank- This section is worth 12 points.

For this section, the teacher will read aloud each question. Students will write a word that belongs in each word
family in the corresponding blanks.
21. A word that belongs in the ig family is _______________.
22. A word that belongs in the at family is _______________.
23. A word that belongs in the un family is _______________.

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Essay- This section is worth 6 points.

For this section, the teacher will read aloud each question. Students will construct 1-2 sentences using writing
and illustrations in order to answer the questions. Students would have previously spent time learning facts about
the following two animals.
24. Based on what we learned about bats, use drawing and writing to compose a sentence telling how you
would feel if you saw a bat.

25. Based on what we learned about owls, use drawing and writing to compose a sentence telling how you
would feel if you saw an owl.