Assessing Early Reading

Here is an interesting set of assessments for young readers. This website include assessments of phonemic awareness, concepts of print, phonics and spelling. These might be helpful for pinpointing strategies for working with struggling readers and writers. If you find something here useful, please post a comment so we can consider it for wider use.


Assessment Tools

Reader's Theater and Centers

Below are some links for Reader's theater scripts. Reader's theater is a great way to build fluency in your classroom. I've also included the link for the Florida Center for Reading Research because they have great centers for building fleuncy and phonemic awareness (as well as comprehension, vocabulary and phonics).

Reader's Theater Sites

Reading Lady

Teaching Heart

Aaron Shep

Timeless Teacher Stuff

Joanne Griffin - Short Reader's Theater Scripts (2-3 students, good for centers!)

Centers

Florida Center for Reading Research: Printable Centers