ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
Let’s find out what they know, so we know where to go!
If it’s too easy or hard, just move up or down a Phase — sounds and words progress in difficulty.
Secure the foundation, and the rest will follow.
Typically, children can recognise more sounds than they can read, read more words than they can spell and spell more words than they can use correctly in sentences.
Phase 2
Go through the sounds and words with your child. As soon as the words begin to feel tricky, that’s the right point to start learning from.
Phase 3
Go through the sounds and words with your child. When the words start to feel tricky, that’s the perfect place to begin learning.
Phase 4
Go through the words with your child. When they start to find the words tricky, that’s the point to begin learning from.
Phase 5
The Phase 5 Assessment is divided into two levels: 5A/5B and 5C/5D/5E. Work through the sounds and words with your child (these are shown in mixed order). From this, make a judgement about which sounds still need covering and begin teaching from that set.
Sentence application is included only at the end of each Phase, as this skill typically develops after reading and spelling single words. If your child is recognising all sounds, reading and spelling most words, but still makes mistakes in sentence writing—that’s okay. You can still move on to the next Phase, but provide extra support during sentence tasks.
