The teachers and administrators at Palmcroft Elementary School and YSD1 are committed to helping your child become a successful reader. As part of this commitment, our school has chosen to use a test called ACADIENCE (formerly known as DIBELS) to help us examine how your child is doing in learning important reading skills. DIBELS stands for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. DIBELS tests five skills that are necessary for learning to read. Children who learn these skills become good readers.
The teachers and administrators at Palmcroft Elementary School and YSD1 are committed to helping your child become a successful reader. As part of this commitment, our school has chosen to use a test called ACADIENCE (formerly known as DIBELS) to help us examine how your child is doing in learning important reading skills. DIBELS stands for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. DIBELS tests five skills that are necessary for learning to read. Children who learn these skills become good readers.
The skills are:
The skills are:
• Phonemic Awareness: Hearing and using sounds in spoken words
• Phonemic Awareness: Hearing and using sounds in spoken words
• Alphabetic Principle: Knowing the sounds of the letters and sounding out written words
• Alphabetic Principle: Knowing the sounds of the letters and sounding out written words
• Accurate and Fluent Reading: Reading stories and other materials easily and quickly with few mistakes
• Accurate and Fluent Reading: Reading stories and other materials easily and quickly with few mistakes
• Vocabulary: Understanding and using a variety of words
• Vocabulary: Understanding and using a variety of words
• Comprehension: Understanding what is spoken or read
• Comprehension: Understanding what is spoken or read
DIBELS is made up of seven short individual tests, called subtests. Each DIBELS subtest focuses on a different skill and takes about 1 minute to do. Your child may be given two to five of the DIBELS subtests depending on his or her grade level.
DIBELS is made up of seven short individual tests, called subtests. Each DIBELS subtest focuses on a different skill and takes about 1 minute to do. Your child may be given two to five of the DIBELS subtests depending on his or her grade level.
Each DIBELS subtest takes only about one minute to do because they are used as indicators. Much like using a thermometer to take a child’s temperature is an indicator of overall health, each subtest is an indicator of how well a child is doing in learning a particular early reading skill. DIBELS is used with millions of children throughout the United States. A child’s score on a subtest tells us whether the child is likely to be “on track” for learning to read, or whether that child may need some help in learning important reading skills. Your child’s teacher will use the information to better help your child. For example, the DIBELS test may tell us that we need to spend more time teaching your child how to “sound out” unknown words.
Each DIBELS subtest takes only about one minute to do because they are used as indicators. Much like using a thermometer to take a child’s temperature is an indicator of overall health, each subtest is an indicator of how well a child is doing in learning a particular early reading skill. DIBELS is used with millions of children throughout the United States. A child’s score on a subtest tells us whether the child is likely to be “on track” for learning to read, or whether that child may need some help in learning important reading skills. Your child’s teacher will use the information to better help your child. For example, the DIBELS test may tell us that we need to spend more time teaching your child how to “sound out” unknown words.
Acadience is used to identify children who may need extra help to become good readers and check up on those children while they receive the extra help to make sure they are making progress. Acadience also may be used by the school to make decisions about how well the school’s overall reading program is working for all children.
Acadience is used to identify children who may need extra help to become good readers and check up on those children while they receive the extra help to make sure they are making progress. Acadience also may be used by the school to make decisions about how well the school’s overall reading program is working for all children.
We are working hard at Palmcroft to make sure that every child is on target for success, and we thank you for your efforts at home. Together, we will help your child become a successful reader.
We are working hard at Palmcroft to make sure that every child is on target for success, and we thank you for your efforts at home. Together, we will help your child become a successful reader.
An Overview of the Acadience Measures for Kindergarten-First Grade
An Overview of the Acadience Measures for Kindergarten-First Grade
1. First Sound Fluency (FSF): The assessor says words, and the student says the first sound for each word.
1. First Sound Fluency (FSF): The assessor says words, and the student says the first sound for each word.
2. Letter Naming Fluency (LNF): The student is presented with a sheet of letters and asked to name the letters.
2. Letter Naming Fluency (LNF): The student is presented with a sheet of letters and asked to name the letters.
3. Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF): The assessor says words, and the student says the individual sounds for each word.
3. Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF): The assessor says words, and the student says the individual sounds for each word.
4. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF): The student is presented with a list of VC and CVC nonsense words (e.g., sig, rav, ov) and asked to read the words.
4. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF): The student is presented with a list of VC and CVC nonsense words (e.g., sig, rav, ov) and asked to read the words.
5 . Acadience Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) 1st grade: The student is presented with a reading passage and asked to read aloud. The student is then asked to retell what he /she just read.
5 . Acadience Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) 1st grade: The student is presented with a reading passage and asked to read aloud. The student is then asked to retell what he /she just read.
Acadience Practice:
Acadience Practice:
Letter Naming Fluency - LNF (Students may use the monthly letter reads located in the B.E.E. Binder)
Letter Naming Fluency - LNF (Students may use the monthly letter reads located in the B.E.E. Binder)
Nonsense Word Fluency - NWF (Students may use the monthly "Silly" words located in the B.E.E. Binder.
Nonsense Word Fluency - NWF (Students may use the monthly "Silly" words located in the B.E.E. Binder.
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency - PSF (adult says the word and student says each sound)
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency - PSF (adult says the word and student says each sound)
