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Letter and Sound Identification

Grade 1

PURPOSE: The purpose of this assessment is to determine the child’s ability to identify upper

and lower case letters and identify the sound of lower case consonants.

WHAT:

This assessment is adopted from Marie Clay’s The Early Detection of Reading

Difficulties. By assessing the child’s ability to do the items listed above, the

teacher gains information for the focus of future instruction, as well as information

about the child’s strengths.

WHEN:

The letter identification assessment will be done in early fall. The testing window

is September 4 – September 14. It is recommended that teachers also retest

those children who demonstrate the need for more instruction in letter

identification as the year goes on. Retests are for instructional purposes only.

These reports need not be sent to central office.

HOW:

Materials:

1. laminated alphabet sheet

2. paper to cover letters not being tested (optional)

3. assessment record sheet

1. This assessment needs to be done individually. Depending on the child, it

may take from 5-10 minutes. Test all the lower case letters for the letter

identification part (Version A).

2. To introduce the task, the teacher might begin by asking, “What do you call

these?” (referring to the letters on the sheet). “Let’s find some you know.”

3. Teacher shows the alphabet sheet. If needed, use a piece of paper under the

row of letters being looked at to focus the child’s attention. Point to each letter

and ask, “What is this letter?” (Record student’s response.)

4. If a child does not respond, move on to the next item. You may wish to

encourage a response by asking, “Do you know its name?”

5. If a child seems hesitant, start with the first letter of his/her name, and then go

back to the first line. Be sure to work across, so the letters are in random

order for the child.

6. Test lower case for the consonant sound identification part (Version B).

Materials:

1. laminated alphabet sheet

2. assessment record sheet

7. To introduce the task, the teacher might begin by asking, “What do you call

these?” (referring to the letters on the sheet). “Let’s find some you know.”

Letter And Sound Identification Assessment Sheet