PR-6216IRE Reading For Success - Book 1

Phonemic awareness
Phonemic awareness assessment – 3
Phoneme deletion
Tell the pupil, ‘I am going to say a word. Tell me what word is left when you take away the first sound. If I
said bat, you would take away the /b/ and say the word at’. Continue to practise with the following
examples before administering the assessment: fan = an sink = ink
Word Response Pupil response Correct Incorrect
1. heat eat
2. rice ice
3. sit it
4. for or
5. gate ate
Phoneme deletion score /5
Phoneme addition
Tell the pupil, ‘I am going to say a sound and a word. Tell me what new word is made when you put the
sound at the beginning of the word. If I said to add /s/ to the beginning of the word /at/, you would say
the word sat’. Continue to practise with the following examples before administering the assessment: all
with /b/ = ball
oil with /s/ = soil
Word Sound Response Pupil response Correct Incorrect
1. old /f/ fold
2. am /j/ jam
3. as /h/ has
4. ill /p/ pill
5. rag /d/ drag
Phoneme addition score /5
Phoneme substitution
Tell the pupil, ‘I am going to say a word and give some directions about what sounds to change. Change
the sounds to make a new word. If I said change the /c/ in car to /f/, you would say the word far’.
Continue to practise with the following examples before administering the assessment:
bun change /b/ for /r/ = run jet change /j/ for /l/ = let
Viewing sample
Word Sounds Response Pupil response Correct Incorrect
1. fog change /f/ for /h/ hog
2. ten change /t/ for /m/ men
3. van change /v/ for /c/ can
4. hip change /h/ for /s/ sip
5. hot change /h/ for g/ got
Phoneme substitution score /5
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