Letter Names and Sounds Assessment

About this resource

Letter names and sounds assessment for fall, winter and spring, in one fillable PDF: three forms, each with an uppercase sheet, a lowercase sheet and a letter sounds sheet in a different scrambled order, a scoring page for each form, a student record, a class record sheet and a growth summary. Big letters, a "My name" line and one short instruction on every student sheet. Type the scores and dates, or print and pen them.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 29 pages, 880 type-in fields

THREE FORMS (12 pages)

• 9 student sheets: Forms A, B and C, each with uppercase (26 letters), lowercase (26 letters) and letter sounds (26 letters). Every sheet shows all 26 letters, big, in its own non-alphabetical order, with a "My name" line and a star to color. No adult text on the student side.
• 3 scoring pages (one per form): 26 rows with the same letters in the same order as the three student sheets, a box for each letter, and three totals (uppercase, lowercase, sounds out of 26). Student, date and window are fields at the top.

START AND SET UP (4 pages)

• Start Here: three steps and which page for which job
• How the Assessment Works: five steps, a line each for your team's own time limit, stop rule and what counts as correct, how the type-in fields work, a card for an aide or a sub, and the directions to read out loud
• Letter Sound Key: 26 letters, a key word for each, and a blank column for what your district accepts
• Contents with page numbers

RECORD, TRACK AND SHARE (7 pages)

• Student Record: fall, winter and spring rows with date, form, and score boxes for uppercase, lowercase and sounds, plus letters-to-teach-next lines
• Letters Known, A to Z: 26 letters by 9 columns (fall, winter and spring, each for uppercase, lowercase and sounds) with a totals row, to see which letters come next
• Growth Summary: a table of the three scores by window with the change from fall to spring, a row of 26 boxes to shade for each skill and window, and a space for your words
• Class Record Sheet: 20 student rows, three scores for each of the three windows
• Small Group Planner: 6 groups with students, letters to teach and days and times
• Family Update: what we looked at, letters known, letters next, a five-minute game at home
• Progress Note Phrase Bank: 6 groups, 24 starters, each ending in a number or a letter from this file

EXAMPLE AND ORGANIZER (4 pages including the back page)

• A filled-in scoring page for an invented student, and a filled-in record and growth summary for the same student across the year, with the arithmetic shown
• Binder cover and 6 tab labels
• What's next page

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. Open it in a PDF reader, click a box, type, press Tab to move on, and Save As once per student. The student sheets print. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT a Google Slides, Google Docs or Sheets file, and it does not add the totals for you: you count the marks and type the number.

It is not a norm-referenced test and it is not a curriculum. It has no benchmark, cut score, grade-level expectation, time limit or stop rule; those belong to your team and your district, and the How the Assessment Works page has a line to write each one on. The key words on the sound key are reminders, and a blank column is there for what your district accepts. The student in the example is invented.

Who This Is For

Kindergarten and first grade teachers, special education teachers and case managers, reading interventionists, and paraprofessionals who need to check letter names and sounds three times a year and keep one record for each student and one for the whole class.