Letters and Sounds Assessment

Name:

date of birth:

Date of assessment: ______________ (if achieved after this date use different colour and date accordingly)

End of Phase Two assessment: Checks will be discontinued after 3 consecutive errors.
Sound/letter correspondence:
Give the sound when shown any Phase
Two letter.
Phase 2 Phase 3 / More
able
Letter Phoneme Letter Writes
(sound)
name
letter
s
a
t
i
p
n
m
d
g
o
c
ck
e
u
r
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss

Oral blending assessment: Be able to orally blend CVC words

Practice

word to be
sounded by adult
m-a-n
c-u-p
l-e-g
s-o-ck
f-l-a-g
s-t-a-m-p

words

sounded out

m-u-m
Tick if child says correct word/points to
picture. If not, record other response.

Oral segmentation assessment: be able to orally segment

Practice -

Non-word reading task: be able to

blend/segment VC words
word given

c-a-t

blends whole
word

cat

word to be
spoken by adult
net
dog
sand
gran
dress

am
on
up
reb
cag

Be able to read Phase Two specific tricky words:

zip

CVC

mum

Tick if child sounds out word correctly. If

not, record exact response.

the

to

no

go

Name: _______________________________
Date of assessment: ______________ (if achieved after this date use different colour and date accordingly)

End of phase 3 assessment:

Give the sound when shown all or most of
Phase Two and Three letters.
Write each letter correctly when following
a model.
Blending assessment: Be able to blend and read CVC words
Letter Phoneme Letter Writes
(sound)
name
letter
Practice
y-e-s
j
v
word given
sounded out
blends whole word
w
j-a-b
x
w-i-sh
y
m-oo-n
z
t-ai-l
zz
r-i-ng
qu
ch
sh
th, th
Segmentation assessment: be able to segment and make
ng
phonemically plausible attempts at spelling CVC words
ai
ee
Practice
van
food
or
Tick if child sounds out
able to make
word to be
oa
word correctly. If not,
plausible attempt at
spoken
by
adult
oo
record exact response.
spelling attach eg
oo
song
Be
oi
able
jam
ie
to
boat
ar
read
ship
ou
pig
ur
er
Phase Three specific tricky words:
ear
air
he
she
we
me
be
was
my
you
her
they
all
are
ure
Be able to spell the tricky words:
the

to

no

go

Is able to sing/recite the alphabet order.

Notes for assessment checks and resources needed:

Phase Two Assessment:

Sound/letter correspondence task:

resources: letter flash cards
Show each letter flash card and record with a if correct sound is given.

Oral blending task:

Explain the task to the child

resources: matching pictures (optional)

Im going to speak like a robot. I want you to listen carefully and tell me the
word Im trying to say. Lets practise. The word is c-a-t. What is the robot
trying to say?

Repeat if necessary
Offer each word and record the childs first response
Stop after 3 consecutive errors.
Optional variation rather than saying the word is to let the child point to the matching picture.

Oral segmentation task:

Explain the task to the child

Now its your turn to speak like a robot. Im going to say a word and I want you to
say all the sounds you can hear in the word just like I did in the last game. Lets
practise. The word is cat. The robot would say it like this, c-a-t. You have a go.
How would the robot say mum?

Give correct answer if the child gets it wrong.

Record first responses.
Discontinue after 3 consecutive errors.

Reading task:
resources: words on cards
Explain that a friendly alien has come to earth with a shopping list of words and items he needs to take back
with him. Some of these are real words and some are not. Can you help him read them?
Ask child to say the sound for each letter and then to blend them to make a word.
Record the sounds given by the child and if they are able to blend and read the whole word.
Phase Three Assessment:

Sound/letter correspondence:
As for phase Two
Blending task:
Show each word to the child
Record each letter which is sounded out correctly or if all correct
Record with if blended to read or alternative response i.e. if cat is read as ca.
Segmentation task:
Say the word and record response exact sounds given by the child.
Encourage them to have a go at spelling this word and record on assessment sheet attach writing to file
Tricky words:
Circle if able to read
Child to have a go at spelling specific tricky words circle to record if correct and attach sheet