PRETESTS
Letter Recognition. Administration: Make two copies of this page. Put a check by each letter correctly named and an X by each letter misnamed.
Mastery for letter recognition: Correct identification of 6 of 8 confusable letters (counting three tokens of b, three of d, and p and q).
Test of Phonetic Cue Reading. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Circle the reader's answer in the question below.
Instructions: I'm going to show you a word, and I'll tell you two words it might be. See if you can use the first or last letter to figure out which word it is.
CARD QUESTION
rid Is this rib or rid?
buck Is this duck or buck?
rob Is this rob or rod?
grab Is this grad or grab?
dark Is this bark or dark?
flood Is this flood or flub?
dig Is this big or dig?
bent Is this bent or dent?
Mastery: Correctly identifying all 4 of the words where b or d is the initial letter (e.g., “Is this word [dig] big or dig?”) or 6 out of 8 total items correct.
Spelling dictation. Directions: I am going to read you a story about a toad. A great big toad was sitting in the hot sun. He got very hot! Then he thought of a way to cool off. The big toad dove into the tub. Now you write “The big toad dove into the tub.” [Give the words one by one.]
Mastery: Writing at least 3 of the 4 b and d tokens in lowercase.
Transfer Words. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Check words read correctly; note miscues for incorrect words. Scoring: Words are correct if the consonants are pronounced correctly, whether or not the vowel is correct.
Instructions: I wonder if you can read some words with b and d. Just do your best.
1. ad __________ 2. bib __________ 3. cab __________ 4. did __________
5. dad __________ 6. bid __________ 7. pad __________ 8. bop _________
Mastery: Correct reading of at least 3 words, disregarding the vowels.
POSTTESTS
Letter Recognition. Administration: Make two copies of this page. Put a check by each letter correctly named and an X by each letter misnamed.
Mastery for letter recognition: Correct identification of 6 of 8 confusable letters (counting three tokens of b, three of d, and p and q).
Test of Phonetic Cue Reading. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Circle the reader's answer in the question below.
Instructions: I'm going to show you a word, and I'll tell you two words it might be. See if you can use the first or last letter to figure out which word it is.
CARD QUESTION
rib Is this rib or rid?
duck Is this duck or buck?
rod Is this rob or rod?
bark Is this bark or dark?
flub Is this flood or flub?
big Is this big or dig?
grad Is this grad or grab?
dent Is this bent or dent?
Spelling dictation. Directions: I’m going to read you a story about a bear. A bear cub came out of his den to look for mama bear. But he couldn’t find her. Instead, he saw a bumblebee! You know what he did? The bear cub hid in his den. Now you write “The bear cub hid in his den.” [Give words one by one.]
Mastery: Writing at least 3 of the 4 b and d tokens in lowercase.
Transfer Words. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Check words read correctly; note miscues for incorrect words. Scoring: Words are correct if the consonants are pronounced correctly, whether or not the vowel is correct.
Instructions: I wonder if you can read some words with b and d. Just do your best.
1. ad __________ 2. bib __________ 3. cab __________ 4. did __________
5. dad __________ 6. bid __________ 7. pad __________ 8. bop _________
Mastery: Correct reading of at least 3 words, disregarding the vowels.
DELAYED POSTTESTS
Letter Recognition. Administration: Make two copies of this page. Put a check by each letter correctly named and an X by each letter misnamed.
Mastery for letter recognition: Correct identification of 6 of 8 confusable letters (counting three tokens of b, three of d, and p and q).
Test of Phonetic Cue Reading. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Circle the reader's answer in the question below.
Instructions: I'm going to show you a word, and I'll tell you two words it might be. See if you can use the first or last letter to figure out which word it is.
CARD QUESTION
rib Is this rib or rid?
duck Is this duck or buck?
rod Is this rob or rod?
grab Is this grad or grab?
bark Is this bark or dark?
flood Is this flood or flub?
dig Is this big or dig?
bent Is this bent or dent?
Spelling dictation. Directions: I am going to read you a story about a boy. A boy had a stinky dog. How could he get the dog clean? He put soap on the dog and sprayed it with the hose, but the dog was still stinky. Then he had an idea: The boy could rub the dog. Now you write “The boy could rub the dog.” [Give the words one by one.]
Mastery: Writing at least 3 of the 4 b and d tokens in lowercase.
Transfer Words. Administration: Make cards with each word at the left in lowercase. Check words read correctly; note miscues for incorrect words. Scoring: Words are correct if the consonants are pronounced correctly, whether or not the vowel is correct.
Instructions: I wonder if you can read some words with b and d. Just do your best.
1. ad __________ 2. bib __________ 3. cab __________ 4. did __________
5. dad __________ 6. bid __________ 7. pad __________ 8. bop _________
Mastery: Correct reading of at least 3 words, disregarding the vowels.