Free Resources

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Letter Names Test
Students identify upper- and lowercase letters.

Letter Recognition Test
Students select from four letters the one named by the teacher.

Detecting Beginning Sounds
Students tell which of three words begins with the same sound spoken by the teacher.

Isolating Beginning Sounds
Students identify the beginning sound spoken by the teacher.

Foundational Skills Screener
Estimates students’ foundational skills from beginning consonants to multisyllabic words.

Beginning Consonant Letter Sounds
Students provide sounds for consonant letters.

Word Reading Fluency
Students read as many high-frequency words as they can in one minute.

Phonics Inventory
Assesses students’ ability to read key single-syllable patterns.

Group Phonics Inventory
Students’ select from three single-syllable words the one that correctly completes a sentence.

Graduated Syllable Survey
Assesses students’ ability to read key multisyllabic patterns.

Group Syllable Survey
Students select from three multisyllabic words the one that correctly completes a sentence.

 Phonics Readability Chart
Describes difficulty level of early reading texts in terms of decoding skills needed to read them.

Decodability Index
Levels books in terms of decoding skills needed to read them.

Books Leveled by Decodability Index
Lists books in terms of level of decoding skills needed to read them.

Major Syllable Patterns
Lists syllable patterns in order of difficulty.

Syllable Analysis Form
Provides information on the syllabic skills needed to read a text.


Major Children’s Periodicals
Describes and gives reading levels of children’s periodicals.
 

Periodical Articles
Describes and gives levels of a range of periodical articles.
 

Easy Informational Books
Gives a brief description of a number of easy informational books.
 

Graded Listing of Children’s Books
Lists books according to reading level. Stresses easy-to-read books.
 

Recommended Informational Websites
Describes exceptional sites.