The San Diego Quick is an informal reading assessment that helps determine a student’s word recognition ability and independent reading level. It consists of graded word lists that students read aloud, with their performance indicating their reading level: independent, instructional, or frustration.
Independent: Primer
Frustration: Second
Emery continues to show growth in word recognition, successfully reading more complex words compared to the pre-assessment. She now demonstrates independence at the Primer level and is approaching greater accuracy with Grade 1 words. However, the frustration at the Second-Grade list suggests that while progress has been made, Emery still needs focused instruction on decoding unfamiliar multisyllabic words and recognizing irregular spelling patterns. Her errors show she is beginning to apply strategies but sometimes guesses based on visual similarities rather than full decoding.
Strengths
Strong sight word recognition; improved decoding ability with early phonics patterns; greater confidence and persistence when encountering new or challenging words; evidence of partial decoding strategies being used even when errors occur.
Needs
Continued practice with decoding strategies, especially for multisyllabic and irregular words; targeted instruction on distinguishing visually similar words; support in developing flexibility when self-correcting and checking for meaning when reading new words.