Phonics Mastery

Survey

By Julie Vazquez &

Missy Glavey-Labedz

What is Phonics?

• Decode words by identifying and blending letter-sound correspondences into words.

• It entails the process of converting letters (graphemes) into sounds (phonemes) and blending the sounds to form a word.

• Phonics, which is a visual/written strategy is preceded by phonemic awareness, which is auditory.

Phonics

Decoding

Word Recognition

Fluency

Automaticity

Comprehension

• Designed to assess a student’s ability to

recognize

– Consonant sounds

– Rhyming words

– Consonant digraphs

– Long vowel sounds

– Words with CVC patterns

– Consonant blends

– Other vowel sounds

– Syllables in words

Phonics Mastery Survey –

How to Administer• Use this survey to assess the elements of phonics.

• Do not use it to assess sight word knowledge.

• Reproduce letters and words in survey (found on p. 456,

Appendix C.30 in DeVries) on 3x5 index cards in large,

lowercase letters.

• Document the child’s progress on a separate sheet of paper.

• In the first section, stop if the child makes more than 10

errors.

• In subsequent sections, stop if the child makes 5 or more

errors.

• When sounds are incorrect, write the sound the child makes

above the word.

Now it’s your turn!

Consonant Sounds

What sound does each letter make?

p

b

Rhyming Words

Read the following words and say three

rhyming words for each one.

be

go

CVC Words

Read each word aloud.

Teachers – listen for the correct vowel sounds.

nid

gat

Consonant Blends

Read each word aloud.

Teachers – listen for the correct blends.

blithe

clog

Consonant Digraphs

Read each word aloud.

Teachers – listen for the correct digraphs.

shan

thort

Long Vowel Sounds

Read each word aloud.

Teachers – listen for the correct vowel sounds.

stope

kade

Other Vowel Sounds

Read each word aloud.

Teachers – listen for the correct vowel sounds.

nook

krouse

Number of Word

Parts (Syllables)Read each word aloud. Count the number of

word parts or syllables in each word.

retention

ride

Final Thoughts• In each section, focus on the element

you are assessing.

• This assessment is a great way to

isolate problems students may be

having in reading.

• Informs instruction, and allows for

teachers and reading coaches to use

more specific intervention strategies.

• Letter-Sound Correspondence Activities by the Florida Center for

Reading Research: http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/pdf/GK-

1/P_Final_Part2.pdf

• www.starfall.com

• Our PowerPoint can be found at:

http://red5517-ucf.wikispaces.com/Phonics+Mastery+Survey