Orton-Gillingham instructor's checklist to assess and track phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills for an 11-year-old reading at beginning third-grade level.
| Skill Area | Beginning to Emerge | Developing | Mastered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phonemic Awareness & Decoding | |||
| Segmenting and blending sounds in words | |||
| Recognizing and decoding common syllable types (closed, open, silent e, vowel teams) | |||
| Mastery of consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., bl, st, ch, sh) | |||
| Reading multisyllabic words with accurate decoding | |||
| Applying Orton-Gillingham strategies for decoding unfamiliar words |
| Fluency | | | | | Reading grade-level text smoothly and with appropriate speed | | | | | Using expression and phrasing to support comprehension | | | | | Self-correcting errors during oral reading | | | |
| Comprehension | | | | | Retelling main events and details from a passage | | | | | Identifying main idea and supporting details | | | | | Making predictions based on context before and during reading | | | | | Answering literal and inferential questions about text | | | | | Using text features (headings, captions) to support understanding | | | |
If any adjustments or additions are needed, please let me know!