1. Assessing Phonological Awareness

2. Informal Assessments Tapping words, syllables Blending and deleting syllables Matching rhymes Blending onsets and rimes Generating rhymes Blending and segmenting phonemes

3. Recognizing Rhyme Assessment Assessment designed by Dr. Adria Klein, Professor at CSU San Bernardino

4. Beginning Sounds Assessment designed by Dr. Adria Klein, Professor at CSU San Bernardino

5. Final Sounds Assessment designed by Dr. Adria Klein, Professor at CSU San Bernardino

6. Blending Sounds Assessment designed by Dr. Adria Klein, Professor at CSU San Bernardino

7. Yopp-Singer Test of Phoneme Segmentation Assesses student’s ability to isolate and pronounce the individual phonemes in words Available in “A Reading Toolkit” Or online at

8. Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills- DIBELS Introduction to the DIBELS ISF: Initial Sounds Fluency PSF: Phoneme Segmentation Fluency

9. Assessment Guidelines “Phonological Awareness: Instructional and Assessment Guideline” by David J. Chard and Shirley Dickson