Kindergarten Phonics Assessment Worksheet for English Learners

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Phonics Assessment

Instructions

This is an assessment to be completed one-on-one with a teacher. The teacher will read all instructions and words aloud to the student.

Part 1: Letter Sounds

Teacher: "I am going to say a sound. Circle the letter that makes that sound."

1. /s/
m s p
2. /a/
a e o
3. /t/
d b t
4. /i/
i u a
5. /n/
n h m

Part 2: Beginning Sounds

Teacher: "I am going to say a word. Circle the letter that the word starts with."

sun
m t s
dog
d b g
pig
b p d
apple
o u a

Part 3: Rhyming Words

Teacher: "Listen to the first word. Then I will read three more words. Circle the word that rhymes with the first word."

cat
dog hat cup
bug
rug bed fan
pen
mop sit ten
hop
lip mop run

Part 4: CVC Words - Vowel Sounds

Teacher: "I will say a word. Write the missing middle letter in the blank space."

"cat"
c _ t
"bed"
b _ d
"lip"
l _ p
"hot"
h _ t
"sun"
s _ n

Part 5: Reading CVC Words

Teacher: "Point to each word and read it out loud." (Teacher can make a checkmark next to correctly read words).

  • mat
  • sit
  • pot
  • leg
  • run
  • fin
  • cap
  • dot
  • cub

Answer Key

Part 1: Letter Sounds

1. /s/ → s

2. /a/ → a

3. /t/ → t

4. /i/ → i

5. /n/ → n

Part 2: Beginning Sounds

sun → s

dog → d

pig → p

apple → a

Part 3: Rhyming Words

cat → hat

bug → rug

pen → ten

hop → mop

Part 4: CVC Words - Vowel Sounds

c a t

b e d

l i p

h o t

s u n

Part 5: Reading CVC Words

This section is for the teacher to assess the student's ability to decode and blend sounds to read the words. There are no written answers. The words are: mat, sit, pot, leg, run, fin, cap, dot, cub.

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