Glued Sounds Probes

About this resource

Glued sounds word reading probes, one skill, start to finish. An IEP goal page, four untimed reading forms, a one-minute form, answer keys, a graph scaled to the probe, and a filled-in example. Baseline on Monday, goal written by Tuesday, first data point on Friday.

Every word is one syllable with one short vowel and ends in n then g, or n then k: bang, king, long, sung, bank, pink, honk, bunk. Form A uses only words with one consonant before the vowel, and it has one word of each ending. Forms B, C and D add words that start with a blend or a digraph (clang, bring, wrong, blank), so the forms step up together. No word appears on two forms, so the score means the same thing on every form.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 20 pages: four reading forms of eight words each (32 words), a one-minute form of twelve more words (44 different words in all), a three-page answer key, a goal page, a how-to page, teacher notes, a graph and data log, a caseload summary, a filled-in example, a family update page, a binder cover with divider tabs, a how-to-read anchor page, and a thank-you page with the terms. 351 type-in fields.

A How-To-Read Page For The Student (Page 6)

• The eight endings in two rows, each with a word from the pattern
• Three steps: find the short vowel, look at the last three letters, say the vowel and then the ending
• Three worked words and a blank line to write one of the student's own

Four Reading Forms, A Through D (Pages 7-10)

• Eight words per form, large type, each with a small number so you can mark errors
• A big My name line and one short instruction with a book picture
• No answers, goal text or scoring strip on a student sheet

A One-Minute Form (Page 11)

• Twelve more words on one page for a timed check, with its own log on the graph page

The Goal Page And Binder (Pages 4-5)

• A sample goal with every bracket meant to be edited by the team
• The goal frame as type-in fields, a baseline table with three probes and the median, and three benchmark rows
• The giving-and-scoring directions, and lines for this student's own scoring rules
• A binder cover with student, case manager and school year fields, and six divider tabs to print and cut

A Three-Page Answer Key (Pages 12-14)

• Every word on all four forms and the one-minute form, with its ending, so a paraprofessional can score without a list of their own
• A mark box for each word and a Correct ___ / 8 box under each form

Teacher Notes (Page 15)

• Reading the errors: the g or k left off, the n and g or n and k swapped, a word guessed from its start
• Which words are left out of the pack and why: two-syllable words and words with an added ending

The Data Log And Graph (Page 16)

• A y-axis already scaled 0 to 8, twelve probe columns, and the instruction to draw the aim line from the baseline to the criterion first
• A nine-row log with date, form, correct, errors, the score used on the graph and notes, plus a separate five-row one-minute log

The Caseload Summary (Page 17)

• Twelve student rows, baseline and criterion, eight probe columns, a trend column and a decision column

A Worked Example (Page 18)

• Nora, first grade, invented. Twelve weekly probes out of 8: the baseline as a median, three points under the aim line forcing a teaching change, the criterion met, and the progress-report sentence the log produces

A Family Update And Team Handoff Page (Page 19)

• A family update with blanks for this week's score, a team handoff checklist, and a meeting summary sentence with blanks for two numbers off the log

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. The goal page, data log, caseload page, family update page and the mark boxes on the answer key are type-in fields: open the file in a PDF reader, click a line or a cell, type, and Save As once per student. The probe pages print clean: the student reads on paper.

Who This Is For

First and second grade special education teachers and case managers writing a reading goal for the ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk and unk endings, intervention teachers, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.