Reading Assessment
Letter Knowledge
Phonological Awareness
Phoneme Awareness
Alphabetic Principle
Vocabulary
Decoding
Sebastian Wren, Ph.D.
Jennifer Watts, Ph.D.
The Abecedarian Reading Assessment
Copyright, 2002
Sebastian Wren, Ph.D. swren@balancedreading.com Jennifer Watts, Ph.D. jwatts@balancedreading.com P.O. Box 300471
Austin, TX 78703
a•be•ce•dar•i•an /a-be-se-dar-e- n/ n [ME abecedary, fr. ML e abecedarium alphabet, fr. LL, neut. of abecedarius of the alphabet, fr. the letters a + b + c + d] (1603) : 1. one learning the rudiments of something (as the alphabet) 2. of or relating to the alphabet 3. alphabetically arranged 4. RUDIMENTARY
Abecedarian Table of Contents
Overview
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Letter Knowledge
Introduction ............................................................................ 5
Student Sheet .................................................................... 6
Score Sheet .................................................................. 7
Phonological Awareness
Introduction ..............................................................................
Rhyming Perception ...........................................................
Phoneme Identity - Perception ...........................................
Rhyming Production ...........................................................
Phoneme Identity - Production ...........................................
Score Sheet ..................................................................
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10
11
12
13
Phoneme Awareness
Introduction ..............................................................................
First Sounds .......................................................................
Last Sounds .......................................................................
Segmentation