Module 7: Assessing Phonic Skills
| Site: | Colorado Education Learning Management System |
| Course: | Guest Access-Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties |
| Book: | Module 7: Assessing Phonic Skills |
| Printed by: | Guest user |
| Date: | Sunday, 18 May 2025, 9:11 PM |
Description
This module is comprised of one session.
7.1 Assessing Letter-Sound Skills and Phonics Skills
Learning Intentions
After viewing this module session participants will be able to:
- Indicate the importance of assessing nonsense word reading
- Describe two different ways of assessing nonsense word reading
- Identify concerns and caveats in assessing phonics skills
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Watch the session below.
*Please see the Transcripts resource folder located in Module 0 for a text copy of the transcript from this video.
Summary
- Phonics skills are essential for reading an alphabet-based written language
- Nonsense word reading is our best assessment of phonic decoding skills
- Nonsense word reading is an great way to assess the “underpinnings” of word reading development
- Nonsense word reading can be untimed or timed, and both types of assessment should be administered
Reflect & Connect
How have you used nonsense word reading subtests? Is there anything you might now do differently