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Phonemic Awareness Assessment

Rhyme

A. Ask the child if the following word pairs rhyme.

1. cat/hat __________ (yes)

2. pig/wig __________ (yes)

3. box/lip __________ (no)

4. man/mat __________ (no)

5. sun/run __________ (yes)

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6. let/leg __________ (no)

B. Say the following rhyming word pairs.

Ask the child to provide another rhyming word.

1. rack, sack __________

2. pop, hop __________

3. wing, king __________

4. goat, coat __________

5. wide, hide __________

6. bake, lake __________

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Oddity Tasks
C. Make picture cards for the following word sets. Display
each picture-card set. Ask the child to find the two
pictures whose names begin with the same sound. Circle
the childs choices.

1. sun sock fish

2. mop sun man

3. pig leaf log

4. pig pan dog

5. dog ten top

6. fan leaf fish

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D. Make picture cards for the following word sets. Display
each picture-card set. Ask the child to find the two
pictures whose names end with the same sound. Circle
the childs choices.

1. bat rock nut

2. cup top pen

3. ten fan cup

4. bus glass bat

5. sock cup rake

6. dog leg leaf

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Oral Blending
E. Say the first sound of a word and then the rest of the word.
Have the child say the word as a whole.
1. /s/at __________ (sat)

2. /m/op __________ (mop)

3. /f/ish __________ (fish)

4. /l/ock __________ (lock)

5. /t/ape __________ (tape)

6. /b/ox __________ (box)

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F. Say each word sound by sound. Ask the child to say the
word as a whole.
_
1. /m/ /e / __________ (me)
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2. /s/ /a / __________ (say)
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3. /f/ /e / /t/ __________ (feet)

4. /s/ /u/ /n/ __________ (sun)

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5. /m/ /a / /k/ __________ (make)
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6. /l/ /a / /z/ /e / __________ (lazy)

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Oral Segmentation
G. Say each word. Ask the child to clap the number of syllables
he or she hears in each word.

1. pencil __________ (2)

2. map __________ (1)

3. tomato __________ (3)

4. bookmark __________ (2)

5. elephant __________ (3)

6. rock __________ (1)

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H. Say each word. Have the child say the first sound he or she
hears in each word.

1. sun __________ (/s/)

2. mop __________ (/m/)

3. leaf __________ (/l/)

4. top __________ (/t/)

5. candle __________ (/k/)

6. yellow __________ (/y/)

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I. Say each word. Have the child say the last sound he or she
hears in each word.

1. bat __________ (/t/)

2. hop __________ (/p/)

3. red __________ (/d/)

4. take __________ (/k/)

5. glass __________ (/s/)

6. leaf __________ (/f/)

J. Say each word. Have the child say each word sound by

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sound.
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1. see __________ (/s/ /e /)
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2. my __________ (/m/ / i /)
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3. lake __________ (/l/ /a / /k/)
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4. rain __________ (/r/ /a / /n/)

5. tub __________ (/t/ /u/ /b/)

6. rocks __________ (/r/ /o/ /k/ /s/)

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Phonemic Manipulation
K. Say each word. Have the child say the word without the first
sound.

1. sun __________ (un)

2. mat __________ (at)

3. leaf __________ (eaf)

4. ship __________ ( ip)

5. bike __________ (ike)

6. stop __________ (top)

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K. Say each word. Have the child replace the first sound in the
word with /s/.

1. mad __________ (sad)

2. run __________ (sun)

3. cat __________ (sat)

4. pick __________ (sick)

5. hand __________ (sand)

6. chip __________ (sip)

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